Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Mouthing off:
I know it's been a few days. Sorry about that. This a.m. I had to get up at 5:30 and woke up at 4:30 so I decided to stay up because I was afraid I would oversleep as I'm being p/u at 7:30 or so. Well, when I went into the bathroom I saw it was 3:30 a.m. I have a new clock in my bedroom and I tried to set alarm (I never set alarms - reminds me too much of my working days!) and evidently I did something wrong and made it an hr later. My husband reads before he falls asleep and I woke up at 2 a.m. & he was still reading and I said something to him so he immediately turned off his book lite & went to sleep. Well, I realized this a.m. it was l a.m. I am going on and on and on because I don't think I am actually awake. Ok- Japan found plutonium in soil outside of the nuclear reactors & highly radioactive water was found in tunnells that reached beyond one reactor. I don't know exactly what that means but I know it is not good. I think thousands and thousands are going to die from radiation. It will be years before it is all cleared up - not in my time, that's for sure. With problem in Libya we are not hearing as much about Japan anymore. Let me just throw something in here. Trump - who keeps talking about running for prez (I wish he would run and keep running, far away! He's getting to be a pain!) and he is now a "Birther" - all he can talk about is Obama not being born here. The Governor of Hawaii was a friend of Obama's parents and he vouches for him being born in Hawaii & Trump doesn't believe him. Trump supplied his birth certificate and it turned out not to be the official birth certificate but a hospital certificate, a certification of birth signed by doctor at hosp. Someone tweeted that it was a death certificate of that thing on his head. Have you seen him lately? His hair is something else! He really is annoying. Well, the GOP is threatening to shut the government down on 4/8/11. Actually, it is probably not the Republicans per se, but the Teabaggers or as they are known on Twitter, the Teacrappers! Seriously, the teapartiers are really getting crazy and making The Weeper of the House, Boehner, crazy, also. Now Eric Cantor is next in line and is breathing down Boehner's neck. If they oust Boehne, which they can very well do, Cantor takes over! It's not like a 3 party system, but it is the Republicans against the Republicans! It's all because the budget. The Dems keep giving in (kills me that they do that, we control the Senate, the White House and still give in to them) The Budget, they want to cut Meals on Wheels, for the poor and handicapped (nice, huh?) college $$$ for the middle class so the kids can't go to college, heating for the poor, all kinds of crazy things that should not be cut when all they have to do is make G.E., Wal-Mart, etc. & the oil cos. pay taxes! That would solve the deficit. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE! Well, not to us! Michelle Bachmann - who most likely will be running for prez and could actually get nominated, wants to raise taxes for single parents. Where do they get all this? What kind of people are they? Palin - on Pres. Obama's speech - I, for one, didn't know what the hell she was talking about. I hate to keep bringing up Twitter but someone on there calls her Screech and that is exactly what she does - she screeches and to my husband & myself it is like someone scratching nails on a blackboard! She said it is costing $550 mil a day for us to be in this coalition for Libya. She never gets her facts straight, remember - she is the Dumb in Dumb & Dumber. It has cost $550 for the 10 days! Quite a difference, no? Now, she says that Ghadaffi will attack the U.S. All the Reps are yelling about Libya. Now, if it were Bush, they wouldn't say a word. W/Bush we could be at war w/Iran, Libya, and God knows how many other countries including the ones we are already at war/w and it would be fine with the GOP! Alan Grayson, former Cong. (D) from FL said yesterday - if Obama wanted a bacon sandwich they woud outlaw bacon! They are so against him. Mostly it is racism, some of it is because he is so brilliant, cool, has a beautiful family, etc. Now, another African-American man is trying to run for prez - Herman Cain, his vast experience is he is a former CEO for Godfather Pizza!!!! And his big announcement in Iowa last week was he would never have a Muslim in his cabinet or on the Supreme Court. Well, back to the local state and rotten Governors. They passed a law in Ohio that to register to vote you must have pic i.d. Thousands don't, poor people, seniors, etc. And those votes are mostly Democratic. They are probably going to do that all over the Red states. Gov. Walker, in WI, who was told by a judge last week that the way he presented that collective bargaining destroyer bill was against the law and had to vote on it again. Well, Walker didn't want to vote on it again because probably so many people are against it he was afraid it wouldn't get passed so he signed it again and are implementing it. Now the judge declared again that it is unconstitutional what he did and said he cannot do it and he ignored her a 2nd time and signed it again and is putting it thru. Is this America? Where am I living? Sounds like Nazi Germany to me! Kashich in Ohio has put thru so many crazy things, his approval rating is going down, down, down, and so is Walkers, Snyders of MI, Daniels of IN, Christie of N.J. , Scott of FL (he is a real winner) And there are more. Well, now I am so exhausted - now I could really go to sleep. That's it for today.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Mouthing off:
Sometimes I have a terrible time getting on this blog. It is very strange. Somedays it is right there and others takes me a few frustrating minutes. Well, it's cold here and was raining again. On Twitter, someone who is "following" me sent me a note. On Twitter you have a little bio - not always necessary but most do. I put on mine that I am a former Chicagoan living in the beautiful blue state of Calif. So, she wrote that she is a former Californian living near Chicago. Boo. Hoo. I told her not to feel bad, it's not always the weather that makes your life better and besides, it has been unusually cold here. I do not remember a March like this ever! Even tho it is cold, it is part of Global Warming no matter what your Republican friends tell you. Well, exciting news. The Newt says "he hopes to jump into race shortly, within a month." Now, doesn't that sort of make your day? He also said - and I quote "the water is pretty warm. My hope is that within a month that we'll be swimming very rapidly". Is that supposed to mean something? He may bypass the exploratory committee phase of presidential campaigning and go straight to announcing his candidacy. OMG! Enuf already! You know you're running - let's cut this crap! He is making me sick. I am so not looking forward to this next yr & l/2 of campaigning! I couldn't stand it 2 yrs ago and I will not be able to stand it again! However, I am on Twitter which is taking over my life! I am up to 108 followers and I just love it. It will make life easier to handle the campaigning. Just about everyone in my section hates Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, The Weeper of the House Boehner, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, etc. etc. etc. as much as I do so it is a lot of fun. Palin's Israel trip created tons of jokes. So, as much as I can't stand it, it should make for a funny campaign season. Libya: Libyan rebels take back 2 key oil centers an push back to capitol. They said it couldn't be done without Nato who gave them big support. U.S.Def. Sec'y gates said the initial action appeared to be a success. This should be a boost to Pres. Obama who has been getting a lot of flak about this - they have been complaining from both sides of the aisle because he hasn't asked for their input about U.S. role, etc. Well, whatever he does is not right. If it is something the Reps wanted to do and he does it - then it is wrong also. It's always wrong because he is black and he is always going to be black! They haven't quite gotten it thru their head yet - WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT! That's it! Now, dingbat Michelle Bachmann is in Iowa and they said she "wow'd" them. I don't think we can count her out even tho she is so dumb. She is a money-making machine. She collected l3.5 mil. for her run in MN - very small district - don't think she even knows where it is or anyone there or is ever there. She is very content to be before the cameras - she never met a camera she didn't love! Things are evidently not so good in Japan. It's like Libya knocked Japan off of our radar. The republicans love all this stuff as it got people to stop thinking of the rotten, lousy, governors in the l6 states. Wait until the royal wedding, it will knock everything off the map! Anyhow, in Japan. they had incorrect radiation figures and shortage of storage tanks. What that means I do not know , but I do know it can't be good. They are suffering so badly there. That radiation has got to be spreading like crazy and it will take a lifetime to clean it up. You really have to feel so bad for them. Of course, you have to feel bad for us, too. Our plants in this country are old and have to be checked and as far as I know, NOTHING is being done to check them. We just try not to think of them and honestly,who thought of them before this happened in Japan? That's it for now - it is ll:18 and I have to have breakfast!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mouthing Off
OOPS! Big mistake! I do that a lot.
I stated that Mitt Romney had formed an "exploratory committee" prior to announcing he was running for Prez. Well, maybe he did but I really meant Tim Pawlenty former governor of MN. Could be 4 of them now. Sorry!
I stated that Mitt Romney had formed an "exploratory committee" prior to announcing he was running for Prez. Well, maybe he did but I really meant Tim Pawlenty former governor of MN. Could be 4 of them now. Sorry!
Mouthing off:
We are having the worst March since we moved here almost 28 yrs ago! Rain Sunday was unbelievable and I think it rained Monday and again yesterday afternoon, buckets! It is raining badly up north and it usually comes down here afterwards. We shall see. Meanwhile, it is cold! I don't ever remember having heat on in afternoon!
Anyhow, it's been a couple of days. Here goes!
Re: Libya
Breakthrough reached after backing by Turkey. At first they would join in but now they have. Actually, 28 countries are in this group. Should have been like that in Iraq! The No Fly Zone is evidently working regardless what the Republicans keep saying! They are bashing Obama like crazy. Well, what else is new! Or, rather, Newt! He's the one doing the most bashing! We are handing the reins over to Nato. They will do the leading and then we won't be in 3 wars in the Middle East at one time! Whew! That's a relief! The 28 member nations all agreed to the No Fly Zone and many lives were saved. Some, of course, were lost but we couldn't control that. One of our planes crashed, not hit, but a malfunction and fortunately no lives lost! Pilots parachuted out. BTW, the UAE are part of this group. Our new role will be "behind the scenes" so to speak.
We are actually part of the backbone of NATO. The No Fly Zone can't last long, so they say. Re Ghadaffi, who knows? He really should be removed but that's not for me to say (Ha! Ha!) He is a monster, really. Has killed so many people for no reason. Meanwhile, the killing hasn't stopped. The No Fly Zone has helped quite a bit but it is not over.
Now, back to U.S.A. Michelle Bachmann (Dear God give me strength!) is forming an Exploratory Committee. That is the new thing now - it is a preamble before committing to say "I am running for President". I think it's new - I don't remember ever hearing about it before. So, now - 3 Republicans have "formed an Exploratory Committee". Wow! I am very excited!
The Newt, The Mitt & The Idiot w/the glazed look. Ooh! Ooh!
Ooh! What a list!
Michelle Bachmann is not the sharpest knife in the drawer! In fact, it's a toss-up between her and Palin - who is dumbest or as they are sometimes called Dumb & Dumber. (In Twitter, which has taken over my life, someone who tweets, when he talks about Palin called her the Screecher! Did you ever listen to her voice? SHE SCREECHES!!!!) Back to Bachmann - she has 5 children and she had 23 foster kids. She home-schooled her kids, don't know about the foster kids. But can you believe it? She really is dim and she home-schooled those kids! OMG!
Enuf about her.
Donald Trump may also be forming an "exploratory committee"! He said and I quote "the beautiful thing about me is I am very, very rich!" Well, that's one reason to vote for him, are there any others?
Locally - Governors - John Kasich of Ohio - is probably the meanest of all of them. He looks mean! Always has this scowl on his face. He is not only taking away collective bargaining, cutting $$$ from education, give tax breaks to the rich, but now he is going to have the liquor stores privatized. Evidently liquor stores are run by the state. Something I never knew, maybe only in Ohio? Who knows! Also, he is going to - get this - sell the prisons! Anyone want to buy a prison? I forgot the amount but much lower than they are worth and then these private owners can hire anyone they want - even ex-cons! I would imagine they could. So, if the prisons are sold that means all these prison guards will be out of work. A lot of what these governors are doing are going to put thousands of more people out of work. And - Ohio does not have a recall system as they do in Michigan & Wisconsin. Wisconsin is looking good, from what I hear. They are getting signatures and hopefully we will be hearing soon about the recall motion being set up.
Lot of unhappy people there. Lot of Republican "buyer's remorse" they are saying in all these states. I don't understand some of these things. Gov. Rick Scott in FL (Digger O'Dell) has a very bad background. Someone that tweets has a blog and I read it (puts me to shame!) . It was about each of these Republican governors and all the info about their past. I can't remember any of it, if I could ever find it again I would print it which is what I should have done. But I do remember that Scott's background was terrible. What I don't understand - when someone is running for office usually the opposition digs around for dirt and how all this didn't come out beforehand or if it did, HOW THE HELL DID HE GET ELECTED! Oh yes, I believe he is a Tea Partier! Or, as one of the tweeters calls it - teacrapper! That's how the FL senator Mark something or other, got elected, by the Tea Party.
On Bill Maher's show couple of weeks ago he had Dana Loesch. She is the founder of the Tea Party in Kansas City, I believe and she also works for CNN. Young woman, very pretty, not what I think of when I heard Tea Partiers. Now, Bill always calls them Teabaggers and she corrected him, she didn't like that. However, it's ok to say Obamacare! Only the rightwingers call it Obamacare - it is National Health Care, which, by the way, is a year old! Doing beautifully. Wonderful thing for our country but the Righties are determined to repeal it. And determined to get rid of Social Security. You know, when I e-mail Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, I ALWAYS get an e-mail back from them. Now, I understand, I am a constituant of theirs. I sent an e-mail to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and never heard from him. Of course, it wasn't a nice e-mail and I did say he would never be Senate Majority Leader and I did say something not nice about Kentucky, but so what? He could have answered me.
Well, that's about it. I am tired of typing. BTW, has anyone figured what DeMint means when he says
"The bigger the person sets, the smaller God gets"? I think I'll tweet it.
Anyhow, it's been a couple of days. Here goes!
Re: Libya
Breakthrough reached after backing by Turkey. At first they would join in but now they have. Actually, 28 countries are in this group. Should have been like that in Iraq! The No Fly Zone is evidently working regardless what the Republicans keep saying! They are bashing Obama like crazy. Well, what else is new! Or, rather, Newt! He's the one doing the most bashing! We are handing the reins over to Nato. They will do the leading and then we won't be in 3 wars in the Middle East at one time! Whew! That's a relief! The 28 member nations all agreed to the No Fly Zone and many lives were saved. Some, of course, were lost but we couldn't control that. One of our planes crashed, not hit, but a malfunction and fortunately no lives lost! Pilots parachuted out. BTW, the UAE are part of this group. Our new role will be "behind the scenes" so to speak.
We are actually part of the backbone of NATO. The No Fly Zone can't last long, so they say. Re Ghadaffi, who knows? He really should be removed but that's not for me to say (Ha! Ha!) He is a monster, really. Has killed so many people for no reason. Meanwhile, the killing hasn't stopped. The No Fly Zone has helped quite a bit but it is not over.
Now, back to U.S.A. Michelle Bachmann (Dear God give me strength!) is forming an Exploratory Committee. That is the new thing now - it is a preamble before committing to say "I am running for President". I think it's new - I don't remember ever hearing about it before. So, now - 3 Republicans have "formed an Exploratory Committee". Wow! I am very excited!
The Newt, The Mitt & The Idiot w/the glazed look. Ooh! Ooh!
Ooh! What a list!
Michelle Bachmann is not the sharpest knife in the drawer! In fact, it's a toss-up between her and Palin - who is dumbest or as they are sometimes called Dumb & Dumber. (In Twitter, which has taken over my life, someone who tweets, when he talks about Palin called her the Screecher! Did you ever listen to her voice? SHE SCREECHES!!!!) Back to Bachmann - she has 5 children and she had 23 foster kids. She home-schooled her kids, don't know about the foster kids. But can you believe it? She really is dim and she home-schooled those kids! OMG!
Enuf about her.
Donald Trump may also be forming an "exploratory committee"! He said and I quote "the beautiful thing about me is I am very, very rich!" Well, that's one reason to vote for him, are there any others?
Locally - Governors - John Kasich of Ohio - is probably the meanest of all of them. He looks mean! Always has this scowl on his face. He is not only taking away collective bargaining, cutting $$$ from education, give tax breaks to the rich, but now he is going to have the liquor stores privatized. Evidently liquor stores are run by the state. Something I never knew, maybe only in Ohio? Who knows! Also, he is going to - get this - sell the prisons! Anyone want to buy a prison? I forgot the amount but much lower than they are worth and then these private owners can hire anyone they want - even ex-cons! I would imagine they could. So, if the prisons are sold that means all these prison guards will be out of work. A lot of what these governors are doing are going to put thousands of more people out of work. And - Ohio does not have a recall system as they do in Michigan & Wisconsin. Wisconsin is looking good, from what I hear. They are getting signatures and hopefully we will be hearing soon about the recall motion being set up.
Lot of unhappy people there. Lot of Republican "buyer's remorse" they are saying in all these states. I don't understand some of these things. Gov. Rick Scott in FL (Digger O'Dell) has a very bad background. Someone that tweets has a blog and I read it (puts me to shame!) . It was about each of these Republican governors and all the info about their past. I can't remember any of it, if I could ever find it again I would print it which is what I should have done. But I do remember that Scott's background was terrible. What I don't understand - when someone is running for office usually the opposition digs around for dirt and how all this didn't come out beforehand or if it did, HOW THE HELL DID HE GET ELECTED! Oh yes, I believe he is a Tea Partier! Or, as one of the tweeters calls it - teacrapper! That's how the FL senator Mark something or other, got elected, by the Tea Party.
On Bill Maher's show couple of weeks ago he had Dana Loesch. She is the founder of the Tea Party in Kansas City, I believe and she also works for CNN. Young woman, very pretty, not what I think of when I heard Tea Partiers. Now, Bill always calls them Teabaggers and she corrected him, she didn't like that. However, it's ok to say Obamacare! Only the rightwingers call it Obamacare - it is National Health Care, which, by the way, is a year old! Doing beautifully. Wonderful thing for our country but the Righties are determined to repeal it. And determined to get rid of Social Security. You know, when I e-mail Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, I ALWAYS get an e-mail back from them. Now, I understand, I am a constituant of theirs. I sent an e-mail to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and never heard from him. Of course, it wasn't a nice e-mail and I did say he would never be Senate Majority Leader and I did say something not nice about Kentucky, but so what? He could have answered me.
Well, that's about it. I am tired of typing. BTW, has anyone figured what DeMint means when he says
"The bigger the person sets, the smaller God gets"? I think I'll tweet it.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Mouthing off:
Well, it is raining on & off here today. Sun comes out & then it starts to rain or pour - really crazy!
Well, lots of fighting going on in Libya. Anti-aircraft fire in Tripoli, going on for 3 days now, taking out tanks & aircraft (Libyan) in the east . French & American fighter bombers in No Fly Zone. Coalition forces intend to expand Libyan No Fly Zone. The U.S. is handing over control of Libyan mission to other countries in a "matter of days" per Obama in his speech made in Chile. Ghadaffi was going to - get this - put dead bodies that they got from morgues all around to show the world what the Americans have done - how many of his people we killed! Do you believe him? Well, evidently the word got out and he trashed that plan! He is really insane. U.S. officials say that killing Ghadaffi is not what they are planning to do. Meanwhile, Ghadaffi has committed genocide so I don't know what they are planning to do there. But G (I'm tired of typing Ghadaffi) is threatening the West w/ a "long, drawn-out war" and I am sure he means it. Meanwhile, Obama is getting a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle. Kucinich is saying we don't have the resources to be in this war, and he is probably right. He also says that what Obama did is unconstitutional, going to war has to be brought before Congress. A President cannot do that on his own and air strikes can be an impeachable offense. Meanwhile this is what some Republicans are sayins:
Palin - saying this, I believe in Israel - which I think stinks! She bashed Obama in India and now doing it in Israel. She said
"Obama should do less dithering" - what the hell that means, who knows!
McCain - Obama waited too long. (if he didn't McCain would say he went in too fast!)
Lindsay Graham Rep.Sen either N.C. or S.C. (to me it makes no difference!) He said - Obama caveated too much. What the hell he means, I don't know! I know what caveate means - it's warning but what he meant by that sentence beats me!
Meanwhile, in Japan - the power lines are still not up. Don't know why. There are 18,000 dead and 450,000 living in shelters. They also say it will be about 235 billion to rebuild,
I go on Twitter a lot and really enjoy it. They make a lot of jokes about Palin, Limbaugh, Beck, etc. I am in a group of all Liberals like I am, and I mean really, reall, liberals!
Palin was in India, where she bombed. I don't remember if I wrote about this but she was "out of her depth" and she really didn't know what she was talking about. She went there with the former lst sleeze of Alaska. Anyhow, she pronounced Iran
"Eye-ran" - can you believe that? Of course you can! BTW, she was paid for her speech! Probably in rupees!
Now she is in Israel. Someone tweeted that she told them she would try very hard to change the name of Juneau to Jewneau! I thought that was funny! She is wearing a Jewish star! She really makes me ill. She wanted to go to Bethlehem but in her warped mind she didn't realize that it was "over the border" and she ended up changing her mind! She prayed at the wailing wall - someone tweeted that she said that there weren't too many whales - must be out of season! Some of the jokes they make are laugh out loud jokes!
Meanwhile, back here - the House of Representatives really don't have much too do. They are supposed to find jobs but I think they don't remember that that's what they are supposed to do. So, this is what they did. DDE had made In God We Trust the motto for this country and what they did today was vote to REAFFIRM that and vote they did! Got 100% BTW!
Speaking of God - Sen. Jim DeMint (R-N or S C - can't remember and who cares!) says - and get this -
The bigger the person gets the smaller God gets.
Now, I will leave you w/this thought - if you can figure out what the hell this idiot is talking about, you're a better man than I am Gunga Din!
Well, lots of fighting going on in Libya. Anti-aircraft fire in Tripoli, going on for 3 days now, taking out tanks & aircraft (Libyan) in the east . French & American fighter bombers in No Fly Zone. Coalition forces intend to expand Libyan No Fly Zone. The U.S. is handing over control of Libyan mission to other countries in a "matter of days" per Obama in his speech made in Chile. Ghadaffi was going to - get this - put dead bodies that they got from morgues all around to show the world what the Americans have done - how many of his people we killed! Do you believe him? Well, evidently the word got out and he trashed that plan! He is really insane. U.S. officials say that killing Ghadaffi is not what they are planning to do. Meanwhile, Ghadaffi has committed genocide so I don't know what they are planning to do there. But G (I'm tired of typing Ghadaffi) is threatening the West w/ a "long, drawn-out war" and I am sure he means it. Meanwhile, Obama is getting a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle. Kucinich is saying we don't have the resources to be in this war, and he is probably right. He also says that what Obama did is unconstitutional, going to war has to be brought before Congress. A President cannot do that on his own and air strikes can be an impeachable offense. Meanwhile this is what some Republicans are sayins:
Palin - saying this, I believe in Israel - which I think stinks! She bashed Obama in India and now doing it in Israel. She said
"Obama should do less dithering" - what the hell that means, who knows!
McCain - Obama waited too long. (if he didn't McCain would say he went in too fast!)
Lindsay Graham Rep.Sen either N.C. or S.C. (to me it makes no difference!) He said - Obama caveated too much. What the hell he means, I don't know! I know what caveate means - it's warning but what he meant by that sentence beats me!
Meanwhile, in Japan - the power lines are still not up. Don't know why. There are 18,000 dead and 450,000 living in shelters. They also say it will be about 235 billion to rebuild,
I go on Twitter a lot and really enjoy it. They make a lot of jokes about Palin, Limbaugh, Beck, etc. I am in a group of all Liberals like I am, and I mean really, reall, liberals!
Palin was in India, where she bombed. I don't remember if I wrote about this but she was "out of her depth" and she really didn't know what she was talking about. She went there with the former lst sleeze of Alaska. Anyhow, she pronounced Iran
"Eye-ran" - can you believe that? Of course you can! BTW, she was paid for her speech! Probably in rupees!
Now she is in Israel. Someone tweeted that she told them she would try very hard to change the name of Juneau to Jewneau! I thought that was funny! She is wearing a Jewish star! She really makes me ill. She wanted to go to Bethlehem but in her warped mind she didn't realize that it was "over the border" and she ended up changing her mind! She prayed at the wailing wall - someone tweeted that she said that there weren't too many whales - must be out of season! Some of the jokes they make are laugh out loud jokes!
Meanwhile, back here - the House of Representatives really don't have much too do. They are supposed to find jobs but I think they don't remember that that's what they are supposed to do. So, this is what they did. DDE had made In God We Trust the motto for this country and what they did today was vote to REAFFIRM that and vote they did! Got 100% BTW!
Speaking of God - Sen. Jim DeMint (R-N or S C - can't remember and who cares!) says - and get this -
The bigger the person gets the smaller God gets.
Now, I will leave you w/this thought - if you can figure out what the hell this idiot is talking about, you're a better man than I am Gunga Din!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Mouthing off:
Ok, lst - local news. By local, I mean right here. It is raining buckets here - literally! Now, today was the L.A. Marathon which they didn't cancel, I guess those things don't get cancelled. There were hundreds that suffered from hyperthermia. There were medics all over the place. It was (and is!) very cold out and some were running in inch-high water. They had medical facilities and they were wrapping the people in something that looked like foil, probably was foil. It retains heat. Unbelievable! In Tarzana they showed a eucalyptus tree that fell on a car and split the car in half! A gas station up in Castaic that a roof - looked like it was over the gas pumps, collapsed onto 2 cars. And snow up in the mountains, tons of snow! Good thing it is a Sunday. Lots of power outages - hope it doesn't happen here.
Ok, enuf of that! Sara Palin is travelling in Israel & India. Don't ask me why! I guess this will mean she has foreign experience. But I read an article that said she really bombed in India and that she "was out of her depth" and really didn't know what she was talking about. Why am I not surprised! She even thru in a story about a moose that her daughters saw! Who cares!
Libya: The missiles are coming from ships - evidently the lst missile came from a British ship. A building in the Ghadaffi compound was hit and badly. Don't know about any injuries. Now, McCain is saying that Obama waited too long. Had he done some sooner, we would have been by ourselves and they would complain about that. Whatever he does is wrong. A lot is happening there and I can't keep up w/it but we are not alone and no one can fault us.
Japan - radiation found in milk and spinach near the plants. I heard something yesterday about being careful here with the spinach from Japan and I really couldn't understand what they were talking about. Why would Japan send us spinach. lst of all, they are running out of food there and 2nd, don't we grow spinach in this country? And, if we didn't, wouldn't we buy it from someplace closer than Japan? Anyhow, now I hear that the water near the plant showed traces of radiation. But earlier I heard that the water in Tokyo showed traces of radiation. Each station tell you something else. Whatever they are saying, this radiation will be around for years and years!Also, what I don't understand is - how do we get radiation in California and they don't mention any place else? Now, I know it depends on which way the wind is blowing but there has to be some country between Japan and our West Coast.
Back to here - fortunately we have food in the house. I did a big shopping this week and fortunately (again) I over-bought so we are ok. We are flooded in front and back but so far, ok in the house. I am sitting here and listening to the rain! I haven't heard them say when it is going to stop.
Well, that's it for today. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
Ok, enuf of that! Sara Palin is travelling in Israel & India. Don't ask me why! I guess this will mean she has foreign experience. But I read an article that said she really bombed in India and that she "was out of her depth" and really didn't know what she was talking about. Why am I not surprised! She even thru in a story about a moose that her daughters saw! Who cares!
Libya: The missiles are coming from ships - evidently the lst missile came from a British ship. A building in the Ghadaffi compound was hit and badly. Don't know about any injuries. Now, McCain is saying that Obama waited too long. Had he done some sooner, we would have been by ourselves and they would complain about that. Whatever he does is wrong. A lot is happening there and I can't keep up w/it but we are not alone and no one can fault us.
Japan - radiation found in milk and spinach near the plants. I heard something yesterday about being careful here with the spinach from Japan and I really couldn't understand what they were talking about. Why would Japan send us spinach. lst of all, they are running out of food there and 2nd, don't we grow spinach in this country? And, if we didn't, wouldn't we buy it from someplace closer than Japan? Anyhow, now I hear that the water near the plant showed traces of radiation. But earlier I heard that the water in Tokyo showed traces of radiation. Each station tell you something else. Whatever they are saying, this radiation will be around for years and years!Also, what I don't understand is - how do we get radiation in California and they don't mention any place else? Now, I know it depends on which way the wind is blowing but there has to be some country between Japan and our West Coast.
Back to here - fortunately we have food in the house. I did a big shopping this week and fortunately (again) I over-bought so we are ok. We are flooded in front and back but so far, ok in the house. I am sitting here and listening to the rain! I haven't heard them say when it is going to stop.
Well, that's it for today. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Mouthing off:
There is still so much happening and I have come to the conclusion that I am delusional - I think I know what I am talking about but in reality I do not! It is all so confusing!
Well, here goes. I will insert one little thing - Sarah Palin is on her way to Israel - why in God's name - I do not know - they stay it's the lst step in her declaring her candidacy for prez. God help us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now - Wisconsin - "Scott Walter Under Fire" - headlines. A judge halts his "collective bargaining" bill because it was kind of a shady way to get a bill passed. Especially since he gave them a 2 hr notice! It is just stopped temporarily until they vote on it again and since that time there are a ton of people (I hope!) who don't like that bill and hopefully some of these Republican Senators are going to be intimadated by their constituants and change their votes. I hope again! V.P. Biden gave a beautful speech, I think it was a town hall meeting w/the AFL/CIO and it was really a good speech about how we need "collective bargaining" etc.
Now - Japan. They are still trying to connect the power lines at the reactors which is very disappointing as I guess everyone thought they would have been re-connected yesterday. It is now official - California has some radiation - very minute - nothing to "write home about" and they are telling everyone not to go out to buy iodine potassium, not to buy gas masks, not to buy geiger counters, etc. Hopefully no one here is panicking. We're not! I have a friend that e-mailed (from out of town) to not go out this weekend. What then? Our windows are open - and what happens after the weekend. If God forbid it was very bad, I don't know what we would do. We do have a ceiling fan in the bedroom but we are not really sealed in here even w/the windows closed. I will not worry about it. BTW, I have been misspelling the name of the plant - it is Fukushima and they are both Fukushima - the one that is in trouble is Daichi.
Now - Libya! I watch and watch and I am very confused. lst of all - Obama said today that there will be no U.S. military on the ground of Libya. Yay! But, that is today. Who knows what will happen tomorrow. In the meantime, there is a pro-democracy uprising in Yemen! But that's another story.
Back to Libya - there is a No Fly Zone order out from the U.N.
What that means exactly is - I DO NOT KNOW! I know that if we put out a no fly zone, that means we are technically at war because then we have to send planes to bomb Libya. Now, Cong. Kucinich (D-OH) says that "war from the air is still war".
Which means we and other countries are sending planes to bomb, but what I can't understand is we are trying to protect the civilians and have warned Ghadaffi that he cannot harm the civilians and so how can the planes bomb and be sure they are not harming civilians? Beats me! Libyan official says that
"rebels have committed crimes against humanity". I can believe that - very easily! But Ghadaffi has been doing that for years and years! He's always been bad! Also heard that Libyan military has violated U.N. resolution. Now that's not surprising, is it? Per Sec'y Gates, "it's not a question of what we or our allies can do - the question is should we do it". We could get sucked (their word, not mine!) into something and we don't know who to support - evidently there are more than one rebel group. Who knows! Whatever - it is not good out there and maybe I will know more over the weekend. It really is confusing!
And, whatever happens, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER WAR!
BTW, did I put in yesterday that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) he is the senate minority leader (and hopefully the Republicans will always be the minority in the senate) he says if we don't cut social security, they are closing the government!
Well, I don't believe they will as the last time it was done was during the Clinton Adm. ((I believe) and it was done by Gingrich and it didn't help him one bit!
Again, BTW, my own opinion, I don't believe for one minute Newt thinks he can get nominated let alone elected. He goes on speaking tours that he charges big $$$ for (probably not as much as Palin) but when he is running for prez he can charge more $$$$ and also, when the donations come in, he can eat better, also! He and his wife (whicheve this one is). I know - it's his 3rd wife, her name is Calista (like Harrison Ford's wife, Calista Flockhart) and who cares about Newt, anyhow!
Well, here goes. I will insert one little thing - Sarah Palin is on her way to Israel - why in God's name - I do not know - they stay it's the lst step in her declaring her candidacy for prez. God help us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now - Wisconsin - "Scott Walter Under Fire" - headlines. A judge halts his "collective bargaining" bill because it was kind of a shady way to get a bill passed. Especially since he gave them a 2 hr notice! It is just stopped temporarily until they vote on it again and since that time there are a ton of people (I hope!) who don't like that bill and hopefully some of these Republican Senators are going to be intimadated by their constituants and change their votes. I hope again! V.P. Biden gave a beautful speech, I think it was a town hall meeting w/the AFL/CIO and it was really a good speech about how we need "collective bargaining" etc.
Now - Japan. They are still trying to connect the power lines at the reactors which is very disappointing as I guess everyone thought they would have been re-connected yesterday. It is now official - California has some radiation - very minute - nothing to "write home about" and they are telling everyone not to go out to buy iodine potassium, not to buy gas masks, not to buy geiger counters, etc. Hopefully no one here is panicking. We're not! I have a friend that e-mailed (from out of town) to not go out this weekend. What then? Our windows are open - and what happens after the weekend. If God forbid it was very bad, I don't know what we would do. We do have a ceiling fan in the bedroom but we are not really sealed in here even w/the windows closed. I will not worry about it. BTW, I have been misspelling the name of the plant - it is Fukushima and they are both Fukushima - the one that is in trouble is Daichi.
Now - Libya! I watch and watch and I am very confused. lst of all - Obama said today that there will be no U.S. military on the ground of Libya. Yay! But, that is today. Who knows what will happen tomorrow. In the meantime, there is a pro-democracy uprising in Yemen! But that's another story.
Back to Libya - there is a No Fly Zone order out from the U.N.
What that means exactly is - I DO NOT KNOW! I know that if we put out a no fly zone, that means we are technically at war because then we have to send planes to bomb Libya. Now, Cong. Kucinich (D-OH) says that "war from the air is still war".
Which means we and other countries are sending planes to bomb, but what I can't understand is we are trying to protect the civilians and have warned Ghadaffi that he cannot harm the civilians and so how can the planes bomb and be sure they are not harming civilians? Beats me! Libyan official says that
"rebels have committed crimes against humanity". I can believe that - very easily! But Ghadaffi has been doing that for years and years! He's always been bad! Also heard that Libyan military has violated U.N. resolution. Now that's not surprising, is it? Per Sec'y Gates, "it's not a question of what we or our allies can do - the question is should we do it". We could get sucked (their word, not mine!) into something and we don't know who to support - evidently there are more than one rebel group. Who knows! Whatever - it is not good out there and maybe I will know more over the weekend. It really is confusing!
And, whatever happens, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER WAR!
BTW, did I put in yesterday that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) he is the senate minority leader (and hopefully the Republicans will always be the minority in the senate) he says if we don't cut social security, they are closing the government!
Well, I don't believe they will as the last time it was done was during the Clinton Adm. ((I believe) and it was done by Gingrich and it didn't help him one bit!
Again, BTW, my own opinion, I don't believe for one minute Newt thinks he can get nominated let alone elected. He goes on speaking tours that he charges big $$$ for (probably not as much as Palin) but when he is running for prez he can charge more $$$$ and also, when the donations come in, he can eat better, also! He and his wife (whicheve this one is). I know - it's his 3rd wife, her name is Calista (like Harrison Ford's wife, Calista Flockhart) and who cares about Newt, anyhow!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Mouthing off:
There is so much happening it is mind-blogging -oops, meant bogging!!!!
First - the power is back on the reactors in Fukishima. Don't know if the water is running yet but that is good news. Reactors 3 & 4 are most at risk. They say it hasn't gotten worse and it still could get worse. But right now they're stable.
The difference w/ the U.S. & Japan:
Japanese tell their people to go at least 19 miles away from the power plants.
U.S. tell their people to go at least 50 miles away.
Japanese say there is no reason to leave Tokyo.
U.S. telling the Americans to getoutathere!
The other day one of the our journalists was outside of the American Embassy in Tokyo and spoke to a man who has lived there for about 20 years and he was w/his wife, small child and infant twins about 3 mos. old. They were there getting passports for the twins. He said they don't know what to do. If they don't leave today maybe tomorrow they will be sorry they didn't leave. This is their home and it isn't easy and no one knows what to do.
The Japanese people feel that their government isn't telling them everything and I believe that. The Emperor spoke on TV and that really scared them the most. He evidently rarely speaks to the public. Now, the weather is really bad, snowing and very, very cold. They need blankets, propane, shelters, etc. When they say to get out - or stay 20 or so miles away - where do they go? It's not like there are hotels for so many or even if there are hotels or what is open or what is not open. The streets of Tokyo right now are empty, deserted. When they show these people is the the most sad thing to see. Yet Limbaugh laughs and makes fun of them and Beck says that it's God doing it to them as if they did something wrong. Pat Robertson said that for Katrina, as I said yesterday, but Jerry Falwell said that after 9/11! What is with these people. Beck said that Chernobyl wasn't so bad, only about 30 people died!
Well, I believe it was 56 that died, but 4,000 died from radiation exposure afterwards.
I said Potassium Iodine but I saw it written as Iodide - so I really don't know which is correct but I heard in NYC they were running to get it. Obama gave a speech today and said not to take anything, we are not at risk and I have to believe that. I'm more worried (for the lst time) about the 2 plants that are not that far from where I am. Actually, they are really not that close but too close for my comfort. Obama said they were going to check out all the plants for safety. However, the Japanese Power Co. that checks all their plants in 2007 misinformed government about the extent of a radiation leak.
In 2002 they were accused of falsifying 29 safety repair records. So who knows if whoever checks out our plants will know what they are doing and I guess we just have to believe them. Let's not forget 3 Mile Island. Took 11 years to clean all the radiation rubble!
Well, let's go on to lighter news! MI Gov. Rick Snyder (did I say "lighter" news?) His new bill -
Governor can declare "financial emergency" for any town, city or whatever.
Governor can then appoint "Emergency Financial Managers".
His "Czars" can void or break union contracts, seize & sell assets, eliminate local services, remove elected officials.
He can be recalled in July and believe me, they will surely try!!! And he should be recalled. According to John Nichols of The Nation magazine, Snyder & Walker can both be recalled, there is enuf evidence of harm being done to the states by them. 5,000 now are protesting in Michigan. Oh yes, let's not forget he is cutting 1.2 billion from schools, local governments
AND cutting business taxes by 86%!!!!!!
Meanwhile in Wisconsin, they now have 50% of signatures needed to put recall on ballots.
Right now, the GOP senators from WI are in D.C. being applauded and wined and dined and given $$$$$ for being such heroes!!!!
I've said it before - to quote the teabaggers from last year -
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!
First - the power is back on the reactors in Fukishima. Don't know if the water is running yet but that is good news. Reactors 3 & 4 are most at risk. They say it hasn't gotten worse and it still could get worse. But right now they're stable.
The difference w/ the U.S. & Japan:
Japanese tell their people to go at least 19 miles away from the power plants.
U.S. tell their people to go at least 50 miles away.
Japanese say there is no reason to leave Tokyo.
U.S. telling the Americans to getoutathere!
The other day one of the our journalists was outside of the American Embassy in Tokyo and spoke to a man who has lived there for about 20 years and he was w/his wife, small child and infant twins about 3 mos. old. They were there getting passports for the twins. He said they don't know what to do. If they don't leave today maybe tomorrow they will be sorry they didn't leave. This is their home and it isn't easy and no one knows what to do.
The Japanese people feel that their government isn't telling them everything and I believe that. The Emperor spoke on TV and that really scared them the most. He evidently rarely speaks to the public. Now, the weather is really bad, snowing and very, very cold. They need blankets, propane, shelters, etc. When they say to get out - or stay 20 or so miles away - where do they go? It's not like there are hotels for so many or even if there are hotels or what is open or what is not open. The streets of Tokyo right now are empty, deserted. When they show these people is the the most sad thing to see. Yet Limbaugh laughs and makes fun of them and Beck says that it's God doing it to them as if they did something wrong. Pat Robertson said that for Katrina, as I said yesterday, but Jerry Falwell said that after 9/11! What is with these people. Beck said that Chernobyl wasn't so bad, only about 30 people died!
Well, I believe it was 56 that died, but 4,000 died from radiation exposure afterwards.
I said Potassium Iodine but I saw it written as Iodide - so I really don't know which is correct but I heard in NYC they were running to get it. Obama gave a speech today and said not to take anything, we are not at risk and I have to believe that. I'm more worried (for the lst time) about the 2 plants that are not that far from where I am. Actually, they are really not that close but too close for my comfort. Obama said they were going to check out all the plants for safety. However, the Japanese Power Co. that checks all their plants in 2007 misinformed government about the extent of a radiation leak.
In 2002 they were accused of falsifying 29 safety repair records. So who knows if whoever checks out our plants will know what they are doing and I guess we just have to believe them. Let's not forget 3 Mile Island. Took 11 years to clean all the radiation rubble!
Well, let's go on to lighter news! MI Gov. Rick Snyder (did I say "lighter" news?) His new bill -
Governor can declare "financial emergency" for any town, city or whatever.
Governor can then appoint "Emergency Financial Managers".
His "Czars" can void or break union contracts, seize & sell assets, eliminate local services, remove elected officials.
He can be recalled in July and believe me, they will surely try!!! And he should be recalled. According to John Nichols of The Nation magazine, Snyder & Walker can both be recalled, there is enuf evidence of harm being done to the states by them. 5,000 now are protesting in Michigan. Oh yes, let's not forget he is cutting 1.2 billion from schools, local governments
AND cutting business taxes by 86%!!!!!!
Meanwhile in Wisconsin, they now have 50% of signatures needed to put recall on ballots.
Right now, the GOP senators from WI are in D.C. being applauded and wined and dined and given $$$$$ for being such heroes!!!!
I've said it before - to quote the teabaggers from last year -
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Mouthing off
Ok, well before I get into Japan I have to tell you about Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) What a bastard! Where did they find these guys? Well, Kasich once worked for Fox (need I say more?) He just put some more cuts into his budget for Ohio -
now get this - I will only say it once and then on to Japan:
He is cutting funds from childrens' hospitals!!!!!!!
It is very bad in Japan. U.S. giving harder assessment than the Japanese government. Lester Holt - journalist for NBC had radiation on his shoes. The journalist he is working w/was just on tv and said they just got back to Tokyo from the north (that's where it all happened - north of Tokyo) and it is snowing quite a bit and they stepped in the snow and the radiation lays in the snow and that's how they got it on their shoes and on their tripods. Ok, enuf of that.
Gen. McCaffrey US Army (ret) said that the radiation is EXTREMELY high. I do not believe the Japanese government is saying that. Now, 20 million people live in Tokyo and we have 50,000 U.S. military w/families in Japan but I don't think they are all in Tokyo or maybe they are. France & Australia have told their subjects to either leave Japan or go at least 50 miles south of Toky. Can you imagine? Tokyo! It is unbelievable. The cancer this causes is usually thyroid and Iodine Potassium is used in cases of thyroid cancer and the shelves in the drug stores are empty because there has been a run on Iodine Potassium. E-Bay and Amazon have run out of Geiger counters because people are going crazy. I said 20 mil. people in Tokyo and yesterday I heard them say 35 mil. in Tokyo. Whatever it is, that's a lot of people! Now, they had 50 volunteers working on the reactors and they are getting sick. If no one is there there is no way to stop what is happening. However, they are working on the power lines and hoping they can get the power back on which will start the pumps getting water into the reactors. They tried yesterday using helicopters to dump water on them but it didn't work as the radiation level was so high they couldn't get close enuf. Our military have pulled the ships 50 miles out. BTW, the U.S. Navy & the Marines are the worlds biggest experts in nuclear reactors. I didn't know that. But then, why should I? However, and this is a quote, the U.S. Navy is "anal retentive" when it comes to their men and they are not going to let them get contaminated. Hopefully, they won't! A scientist was on MSNBC (actually a few have been on)They are actually experts in the radiation power plant field - and he said "If I were in Tokyo I would be extremely worried!"
Now, our government wants to build more plants. Of course, the Republicans want more plants. Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) said
"why is everyone so worried? This is something that happens every 300 yrs!" Well, it's happened 3 times in 32 yrs! I don't remember if I ever told you about Inhofe or "C" St in D.C. If I didn't I will one of these days. Very interesting. If I did talk about "C" st. maybe someone could leave me a comment or 2 to let me know.
We have 2 plants that are leaking as we speak. Did you know about it? I didn't. I don't think they advertise these things. One is Oyster Creek in NY and the other is Vermont Yankee which I have to believe is in Vermont. They are very, very, very old! And rickety! They want to run them at 120% of capacity (don't know what that means but I don't think I like it)for 20 yrs more. Now, the 2 in CA that are built on the fault, San Onofre & Diablo Canyon are also very, very, old. Where is this money coming from? I believe it was the Weeper of the House that said "it will come from tax payer's money". I guess it will have to because Wall St won't pay for it - Wall St. doesn't like power plants - they aren't good investments! When I turned the computer on this a.m. the front page shows some bits of news and it said U.S. doesn't have to worry about radiation from Japan - either at this time or right now, I forget, but it sounded that maybe at some time we will have to.
To sum it all up - it is very, very bad. Even though Limbaugh is cracking jokes and laughing at the Japanese - it is very bad. It is sad and terrifying and just plain awful! And it is hard to believe that it is happening.
now get this - I will only say it once and then on to Japan:
He is cutting funds from childrens' hospitals!!!!!!!
It is very bad in Japan. U.S. giving harder assessment than the Japanese government. Lester Holt - journalist for NBC had radiation on his shoes. The journalist he is working w/was just on tv and said they just got back to Tokyo from the north (that's where it all happened - north of Tokyo) and it is snowing quite a bit and they stepped in the snow and the radiation lays in the snow and that's how they got it on their shoes and on their tripods. Ok, enuf of that.
Gen. McCaffrey US Army (ret) said that the radiation is EXTREMELY high. I do not believe the Japanese government is saying that. Now, 20 million people live in Tokyo and we have 50,000 U.S. military w/families in Japan but I don't think they are all in Tokyo or maybe they are. France & Australia have told their subjects to either leave Japan or go at least 50 miles south of Toky. Can you imagine? Tokyo! It is unbelievable. The cancer this causes is usually thyroid and Iodine Potassium is used in cases of thyroid cancer and the shelves in the drug stores are empty because there has been a run on Iodine Potassium. E-Bay and Amazon have run out of Geiger counters because people are going crazy. I said 20 mil. people in Tokyo and yesterday I heard them say 35 mil. in Tokyo. Whatever it is, that's a lot of people! Now, they had 50 volunteers working on the reactors and they are getting sick. If no one is there there is no way to stop what is happening. However, they are working on the power lines and hoping they can get the power back on which will start the pumps getting water into the reactors. They tried yesterday using helicopters to dump water on them but it didn't work as the radiation level was so high they couldn't get close enuf. Our military have pulled the ships 50 miles out. BTW, the U.S. Navy & the Marines are the worlds biggest experts in nuclear reactors. I didn't know that. But then, why should I? However, and this is a quote, the U.S. Navy is "anal retentive" when it comes to their men and they are not going to let them get contaminated. Hopefully, they won't! A scientist was on MSNBC (actually a few have been on)They are actually experts in the radiation power plant field - and he said "If I were in Tokyo I would be extremely worried!"
Now, our government wants to build more plants. Of course, the Republicans want more plants. Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) said
"why is everyone so worried? This is something that happens every 300 yrs!" Well, it's happened 3 times in 32 yrs! I don't remember if I ever told you about Inhofe or "C" St in D.C. If I didn't I will one of these days. Very interesting. If I did talk about "C" st. maybe someone could leave me a comment or 2 to let me know.
We have 2 plants that are leaking as we speak. Did you know about it? I didn't. I don't think they advertise these things. One is Oyster Creek in NY and the other is Vermont Yankee which I have to believe is in Vermont. They are very, very, very old! And rickety! They want to run them at 120% of capacity (don't know what that means but I don't think I like it)for 20 yrs more. Now, the 2 in CA that are built on the fault, San Onofre & Diablo Canyon are also very, very, old. Where is this money coming from? I believe it was the Weeper of the House that said "it will come from tax payer's money". I guess it will have to because Wall St won't pay for it - Wall St. doesn't like power plants - they aren't good investments! When I turned the computer on this a.m. the front page shows some bits of news and it said U.S. doesn't have to worry about radiation from Japan - either at this time or right now, I forget, but it sounded that maybe at some time we will have to.
To sum it all up - it is very, very bad. Even though Limbaugh is cracking jokes and laughing at the Japanese - it is very bad. It is sad and terrifying and just plain awful! And it is hard to believe that it is happening.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Mouthing off:
WHOA: I MADE A BIG MISTAKE!!!!!! WHEW, GLAD I REMEMBERED WHAT I SAID.
Correction: The 104 nuclear plants I said were in California - WRONG! There are 104 nuclear plants in the United States!
More than any other country! But the 2 I mentioned in CA are correct, but there are about 4 or 5 in CA. WHEW! If there were 104 in CA., think about it! I would have move already!
Sorry about that but this whole thing is out of my realm!
As of now, there are 10,000 dead or missing.
450,000 in temporary shelters
102 countries are offering aid but so far, Japan has accepted help from 15 in the form of search and rescue teams.
One townm near Sendai - a town of 7,000 pop. was entirely wiped out.
There are 4 reactors. Evidently, they are
having problems w/3 of them. Now, if the core melts - whatever the core is - there is lava that eats away at the bottom and that is the radiation that goes into the environment. The Republicans feel we don't have enuf nuclear plants here (why am I not surprised) and Pres. Obama agrees w/them (why am I not surprised, again!)
BTW, there are 50 volunteers working on these reactors in Japan and most likely they will die. That is really something, to volunteer for something like that.
Also,BTW, Gov. Barbour (R-MS) his aide or asst. or whoever, tweeted or published some kind of joke re this Japan tragedy
has either quit or was fired. That is a terrible thing to do.
But, evidently it is ok for Beck to say things like God is doing it and implying that the Japanese did something to make God mad and punishing the Japanese. However, if I am not mistaken (and I usually am!) Pat Robertson did the same thing during Katrina, saying that the way the people there lived so loosely, God was punishing them. Well, if it is ok for Pat Robertson, than it is good enuf for Beck!!!!!
Correction: The 104 nuclear plants I said were in California - WRONG! There are 104 nuclear plants in the United States!
More than any other country! But the 2 I mentioned in CA are correct, but there are about 4 or 5 in CA. WHEW! If there were 104 in CA., think about it! I would have move already!
Sorry about that but this whole thing is out of my realm!
As of now, there are 10,000 dead or missing.
450,000 in temporary shelters
102 countries are offering aid but so far, Japan has accepted help from 15 in the form of search and rescue teams.
One townm near Sendai - a town of 7,000 pop. was entirely wiped out.
There are 4 reactors. Evidently, they are
having problems w/3 of them. Now, if the core melts - whatever the core is - there is lava that eats away at the bottom and that is the radiation that goes into the environment. The Republicans feel we don't have enuf nuclear plants here (why am I not surprised) and Pres. Obama agrees w/them (why am I not surprised, again!)
BTW, there are 50 volunteers working on these reactors in Japan and most likely they will die. That is really something, to volunteer for something like that.
Also,BTW, Gov. Barbour (R-MS) his aide or asst. or whoever, tweeted or published some kind of joke re this Japan tragedy
has either quit or was fired. That is a terrible thing to do.
But, evidently it is ok for Beck to say things like God is doing it and implying that the Japanese did something to make God mad and punishing the Japanese. However, if I am not mistaken (and I usually am!) Pat Robertson did the same thing during Katrina, saying that the way the people there lived so loosely, God was punishing them. Well, if it is ok for Pat Robertson, than it is good enuf for Beck!!!!!
Mouthing off
Well, here I am! I know - I know - it's been a couple of days but I am so hung up w/Twitter that it's taking over my life! I really love it and I am learning so much from reading what is happening. Lot of intelligent people on there (not me!)
Anyhow, been watching a lot of Japan lately as I am sure everyone is. Really, really, bad! 2nd after Chernobyl. I have a million notes and will try to make some sense out of them. Entire cities have been flattened. They show a film of the Tsunami coming and rushing over the harbor and onto the houses and a ship falling and houses demolished! Unreal! The tsunami did more damage than the earthquake which is officially a 9.0 now. By the way, the Republicans put in YESTERDAY in their budget cutting all sorts of things that would help us know in advance if something bad was coming but so be it! (that's a quote from Boehnerr re. no jobs and privatizing social security and vouchers for Medicare!) This one town which was the size of Boulder, CO. was demolished in less than 7 min. Yesterday there was a problem w/the 2nd reactor. They tried to cool it off w/sea water but it didn't work and rods were exposed. Evidently when rods are exposed that means that radiation is leaking. 17 of our military personal were exposed to radiation and they went back to the ship and were hosed off and then what, I do not know. However, someone from Columbia Medical was on Rachel Maddow the other day and he said that most of the people that were exposed to radiation would be fine if given good medical treatment. That was really good to know. And, in Japan, I have to believe they can have excellent medical treatment. Then they said that 2 reactors have exploded and they were trying to cool the 3rd. Now, I know I sound very confused and I really am. Should have watched Glen Beck on Fox - he showed what was happening usuing M&M's. OMG!!!! I tweeted that he called in sick today as he od'd on M&M's.
Anyway, the latest I heard yesterday was that they had problems w/the 4th reactor at the Fukushima Plant. Meanwhile, they are running out of food & water and medical supplies. Evidently, even in Tokyo. There were thousands still missing and I believe it will be a long time before they know the death toll. It also got very, very cold in the earthquake area so they need blankets and warm clothes as I do not think there is any power.
BTW, there are 104 nuclear plants in California. More here than in any other state. 2 of them are by the water on the San Andreas fault (just like in Japan). Which really confuses me. Why would they be built there? So much I don't know. I read today that Germany closed about 7 or 8 nuclear plants. I know we need them, but do we need 104 in Calif.? Maybe because there are more people here than any other state? I DO NOT KNOW!
Anyhow, back to Wisconsin. It really isn't over as far as I am concerned. They had over 100,000 there Saturday. It was quite a sight to see! Walker went up north to a town of 3,000 people and over 3,000 came to demonstrate against him! I love it!!!!! This bill, I believe, will be in the courts for a while and hopefully, just hopefully, they will get the signatures they need and be able to recall the senators and get some Democrats voted in. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin 14 came home as heroes, it was really wonderful. However, they were not allowed to vote on anything - as a punishment! But I read something in Twitter today that said the punishment was over, so maybe they can now vote, not that it makes any difference as they are still the minority. It's really bad but have you ever heard of anything like this? People are really fighting for their rights! And not only in Wisconsin. Now the new governor in MI, Snyder, he is a piece of work. He is worse than Walker if at all possible! They are demonstrating there also but I don't think any of them have done what they have done in Wisconsin. So many Republicans who are having buyer's remorse and maybe I have said this before, I can't remember - if it wasn't so bad I would say - good for them! That'll teach ya! But I can't say that. Now, Florida, the new Republican Governor - I call him Digger O'Dell (I believe that is from an old, old, radio show - he was an undertaker, I think) Gov. Rick Scott, tall, skinny, bald, looks like a cadaver! He gave a tremendous and I mean tremendous - cut to education and then cuts in taxes to the upper 2% (or maybe l%). What is with these guys!
Now, re. Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid - the House Republicans have voted - they want to privatize Social Security and put Medicare on Vouchers - got all the Rep votes except 1. Boehner has repeatedly refused to take SS privatization off the table and have described the GOP's alternative budget proposal which is what I said above.
I also read today that Pres. Obama is torn - 1/2 his people say to cut S.S. & Axelrod and Pouffle (who are working on his re-election campaign) say that it will hurt him in 2012. I sent him an e-mail today saying that as a lifelong Democrat, if he cuts SS, I will not vote for him in 2012.
And I leave you with that.
Anyhow, been watching a lot of Japan lately as I am sure everyone is. Really, really, bad! 2nd after Chernobyl. I have a million notes and will try to make some sense out of them. Entire cities have been flattened. They show a film of the Tsunami coming and rushing over the harbor and onto the houses and a ship falling and houses demolished! Unreal! The tsunami did more damage than the earthquake which is officially a 9.0 now. By the way, the Republicans put in YESTERDAY in their budget cutting all sorts of things that would help us know in advance if something bad was coming but so be it! (that's a quote from Boehnerr re. no jobs and privatizing social security and vouchers for Medicare!) This one town which was the size of Boulder, CO. was demolished in less than 7 min. Yesterday there was a problem w/the 2nd reactor. They tried to cool it off w/sea water but it didn't work and rods were exposed. Evidently when rods are exposed that means that radiation is leaking. 17 of our military personal were exposed to radiation and they went back to the ship and were hosed off and then what, I do not know. However, someone from Columbia Medical was on Rachel Maddow the other day and he said that most of the people that were exposed to radiation would be fine if given good medical treatment. That was really good to know. And, in Japan, I have to believe they can have excellent medical treatment. Then they said that 2 reactors have exploded and they were trying to cool the 3rd. Now, I know I sound very confused and I really am. Should have watched Glen Beck on Fox - he showed what was happening usuing M&M's. OMG!!!! I tweeted that he called in sick today as he od'd on M&M's.
Anyway, the latest I heard yesterday was that they had problems w/the 4th reactor at the Fukushima Plant. Meanwhile, they are running out of food & water and medical supplies. Evidently, even in Tokyo. There were thousands still missing and I believe it will be a long time before they know the death toll. It also got very, very cold in the earthquake area so they need blankets and warm clothes as I do not think there is any power.
BTW, there are 104 nuclear plants in California. More here than in any other state. 2 of them are by the water on the San Andreas fault (just like in Japan). Which really confuses me. Why would they be built there? So much I don't know. I read today that Germany closed about 7 or 8 nuclear plants. I know we need them, but do we need 104 in Calif.? Maybe because there are more people here than any other state? I DO NOT KNOW!
Anyhow, back to Wisconsin. It really isn't over as far as I am concerned. They had over 100,000 there Saturday. It was quite a sight to see! Walker went up north to a town of 3,000 people and over 3,000 came to demonstrate against him! I love it!!!!! This bill, I believe, will be in the courts for a while and hopefully, just hopefully, they will get the signatures they need and be able to recall the senators and get some Democrats voted in. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin 14 came home as heroes, it was really wonderful. However, they were not allowed to vote on anything - as a punishment! But I read something in Twitter today that said the punishment was over, so maybe they can now vote, not that it makes any difference as they are still the minority. It's really bad but have you ever heard of anything like this? People are really fighting for their rights! And not only in Wisconsin. Now the new governor in MI, Snyder, he is a piece of work. He is worse than Walker if at all possible! They are demonstrating there also but I don't think any of them have done what they have done in Wisconsin. So many Republicans who are having buyer's remorse and maybe I have said this before, I can't remember - if it wasn't so bad I would say - good for them! That'll teach ya! But I can't say that. Now, Florida, the new Republican Governor - I call him Digger O'Dell (I believe that is from an old, old, radio show - he was an undertaker, I think) Gov. Rick Scott, tall, skinny, bald, looks like a cadaver! He gave a tremendous and I mean tremendous - cut to education and then cuts in taxes to the upper 2% (or maybe l%). What is with these guys!
Now, re. Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid - the House Republicans have voted - they want to privatize Social Security and put Medicare on Vouchers - got all the Rep votes except 1. Boehner has repeatedly refused to take SS privatization off the table and have described the GOP's alternative budget proposal which is what I said above.
I also read today that Pres. Obama is torn - 1/2 his people say to cut S.S. & Axelrod and Pouffle (who are working on his re-election campaign) say that it will hurt him in 2012. I sent him an e-mail today saying that as a lifelong Democrat, if he cuts SS, I will not vote for him in 2012.
And I leave you with that.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
mouthing off
Well, something I forgot about before. I just saw on TV that Hawaii has millions of dollars worth of damage from the tsunami and also there was at least 1 man killed in way upstate California - right under Oregon border. I forget the name of the town but evidently on the water, they were trying to get a better look at the waves and one of them at least was swept out to sea. Now, the new GOP budget recommends cutting funds for tsunami relief! Now, what does that tell you?
They showed a woman on her computer, I think in California, and she was worried about a friend of hers in Japan and she went onto Facebook and there was a note from him - Everybody I am fine, but batteries running low so you may not hear from me for a while but I'm ok. How about that? If this happened years ago there would be no way to get in touch w/anyone but phone and usually phones are down. People to help Japan are coming from all over the world. Search dogs from CA and AL - a ship of supplies and food from USA and a ship from England w/heavy equipment. It is amazing and wonderful that people are helping like this. I wanted to see what was happening in WI but will have to wait until I go on Twitter.
They showed a woman on her computer, I think in California, and she was worried about a friend of hers in Japan and she went onto Facebook and there was a note from him - Everybody I am fine, but batteries running low so you may not hear from me for a while but I'm ok. How about that? If this happened years ago there would be no way to get in touch w/anyone but phone and usually phones are down. People to help Japan are coming from all over the world. Search dogs from CA and AL - a ship of supplies and food from USA and a ship from England w/heavy equipment. It is amazing and wonderful that people are helping like this. I wanted to see what was happening in WI but will have to wait until I go on Twitter.
Mouthing off:
Well, the tragic earthquake & tsunami in Japan all but knocked Wisconsin off the news - but not quite! Did knock Charlie Sheen off (bet he breathed a sign of relief! I know I did!)Watching the films of Japan was unbelievable! Can't even put it into words! Just tragic! But the worst part is the nuclear plants. 5 reactors have radiation leaks. That is 2 at one plant and 3 at another. Now, the Japanese are really exceptionally good at anything they do. They built these containers to contain! Now, the ones in Chernobyl were not built like these and did not contain (or retain, this is all new to me) and hopefully it will not be like it was there. They were saying that the Japanese aren't telling us too much and we wouldn't know anything for sure until this a.m. so I really don't know what they found out. All I know is that 45,000 people had to evacuate their homes and a 6 mile radius had to be cleared. From what I saw, there will be people missing for quite some time and it will be billions of $$ to clean up and rebuild. It was horrendous! And something I had been thinking and worrying about - a question that was asked by Rachel Maddow to this scientist - can this radiation blow as far as the U.S.? And I believe it can. It's something to think about. Horrible! Horrible! Very hard to watch. Normally, you would never see films of things like this but w/c.c. cameras everywhere - everything you do or what happens is on film nowadays! Imagine anything happening in London, they have more cameras than people!
Ok, back to Wisconsin. The Wisconsin 14 are back home. It is not over! There is so much happening and it is wonderful that the people aren't just sitting back and saying, well, that's that, it's over. It is not over til it's over!!!!! This bill should be in the courts for quite some time as most likely they did something illegal. Now, Sen. Fitzgerald (what an ass!) That is Scott, he has a brother Jeff who is also a WI-R Sen. and a father that is something w/the highway patrol, I believe. Or Sheriff's office. And who cares!!!! Well, Fitzgerald spoke on Fox (of course!) and said that it was never about the $$$ (no kidding, I didn't know that! Duh!) This way the unions won't have the $$$ and won't be able to donate to Obama and Obama won't get Wisconsin in 2012. Now, he stood up there and said this. Well, when Sen. Glen Grothman (another ass!) was interviewed and asked about this he said - well, he hemmed and hawed (what is hemming & hawing?) and said well, that, too, but it was always about the money. And Lawrence O'D said the unions had already ok'd the $$$ and Grothman said the people that were protesting were yelling about $$$. Which is true! That is what they were protesting. But that was not the question. One thing I have learned from all this political watching, NO ONE EVER ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED! Dems do the same thing. If you say to me "How are you" and then I say "I went to the store today" - now, that is not answering your question. That's what they do. And Lawrence usually gives it to them but good but Grothman spoke so long they ran out of time. Well, today big doings in Madison and probably all over the state. There is a tractor parade in Madison, I am taping the news and hope they show the tractors. I don't think anything has ever happened in this country to equal what is happening in Wisconsin and how wonderful these people have been. Nothing has stopped them, they are not giving up. A funny story - one of the Rep. Senators and for the life of me I can't remember his name but I will check on it for a later date - his wife signed one of the petitions to recall him!!!! I thought that was so funny! Turns out he is living in Madison w/his 25 yr old mistress! Anyway, recalls don't take as long as you would think. If they can get 3 Rep. Senators recalled and then, hopefully, elect 3 Dem Senators to take their place, they can then re-do that bill. It sounds funny, I know, but it is possible. 3 Dem. Sens will give the Democrats the majority and if that bill is held up in court as I am sure it will be and I am also sure that they did something wrong. There is to be 24 hr notice prior to voting on any bill and they gave them 2 hrs notice. They are such crooks!!!!
Meanwhile, there is a big demonstration going on in Lansing, MI today, also. Michael Moore who campaigned so much the past couple of weeks for WI, lives in MI and their governor is like a reincarnation of Hitler and what he is proposing is like a horror story so they are doing there what they did in WI. Also, something must be happening in Indiana and Ohio. Now, Florida has a really creep Governor. I call him Digger O'Dell (think he was a mortician or something a 100 yrs ago from the movies, probably the silent movies! No, only kidding, but he was something funny) He is very creepy looking and creepy acting. He is cutting tons of $$$ from education and giving big tax breaks to the rich. Sound familier? Does anyone have any idea of what cutting from education will do to these kids? Larger classrooms for one thing. And much, much, more. Or rather, much, much less!
I cannot wait for the recalls! Should be exciting! Too bad they have to wait 12 mos. for recalls for these governors. How the hell did so many Republican governors get elected? I hope the people have very long memories when election time comes.
Speaking of which, there is some election this April or May in WI, something to do with electing someone who has something to do w/the Governor and they are hoping it will be a Democrat elected. I will have to look into it further.
Well, it is time to have breakfast! Bye!!!!!!
Ok, back to Wisconsin. The Wisconsin 14 are back home. It is not over! There is so much happening and it is wonderful that the people aren't just sitting back and saying, well, that's that, it's over. It is not over til it's over!!!!! This bill should be in the courts for quite some time as most likely they did something illegal. Now, Sen. Fitzgerald (what an ass!) That is Scott, he has a brother Jeff who is also a WI-R Sen. and a father that is something w/the highway patrol, I believe. Or Sheriff's office. And who cares!!!! Well, Fitzgerald spoke on Fox (of course!) and said that it was never about the $$$ (no kidding, I didn't know that! Duh!) This way the unions won't have the $$$ and won't be able to donate to Obama and Obama won't get Wisconsin in 2012. Now, he stood up there and said this. Well, when Sen. Glen Grothman (another ass!) was interviewed and asked about this he said - well, he hemmed and hawed (what is hemming & hawing?) and said well, that, too, but it was always about the money. And Lawrence O'D said the unions had already ok'd the $$$ and Grothman said the people that were protesting were yelling about $$$. Which is true! That is what they were protesting. But that was not the question. One thing I have learned from all this political watching, NO ONE EVER ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED! Dems do the same thing. If you say to me "How are you" and then I say "I went to the store today" - now, that is not answering your question. That's what they do. And Lawrence usually gives it to them but good but Grothman spoke so long they ran out of time. Well, today big doings in Madison and probably all over the state. There is a tractor parade in Madison, I am taping the news and hope they show the tractors. I don't think anything has ever happened in this country to equal what is happening in Wisconsin and how wonderful these people have been. Nothing has stopped them, they are not giving up. A funny story - one of the Rep. Senators and for the life of me I can't remember his name but I will check on it for a later date - his wife signed one of the petitions to recall him!!!! I thought that was so funny! Turns out he is living in Madison w/his 25 yr old mistress! Anyway, recalls don't take as long as you would think. If they can get 3 Rep. Senators recalled and then, hopefully, elect 3 Dem Senators to take their place, they can then re-do that bill. It sounds funny, I know, but it is possible. 3 Dem. Sens will give the Democrats the majority and if that bill is held up in court as I am sure it will be and I am also sure that they did something wrong. There is to be 24 hr notice prior to voting on any bill and they gave them 2 hrs notice. They are such crooks!!!!
Meanwhile, there is a big demonstration going on in Lansing, MI today, also. Michael Moore who campaigned so much the past couple of weeks for WI, lives in MI and their governor is like a reincarnation of Hitler and what he is proposing is like a horror story so they are doing there what they did in WI. Also, something must be happening in Indiana and Ohio. Now, Florida has a really creep Governor. I call him Digger O'Dell (think he was a mortician or something a 100 yrs ago from the movies, probably the silent movies! No, only kidding, but he was something funny) He is very creepy looking and creepy acting. He is cutting tons of $$$ from education and giving big tax breaks to the rich. Sound familier? Does anyone have any idea of what cutting from education will do to these kids? Larger classrooms for one thing. And much, much, more. Or rather, much, much less!
I cannot wait for the recalls! Should be exciting! Too bad they have to wait 12 mos. for recalls for these governors. How the hell did so many Republican governors get elected? I hope the people have very long memories when election time comes.
Speaking of which, there is some election this April or May in WI, something to do with electing someone who has something to do w/the Governor and they are hoping it will be a Democrat elected. I will have to look into it further.
Well, it is time to have breakfast! Bye!!!!!!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mouthing off:
Just a short addition to today's comments. I have just been on Twitter and they are "tweeting" like crazy re Wisconsin. So much is going on in that state. Demonstrations all over and especially, of course, in Madison. Firefighters just took a ton of money out of M&I Bank to donate. Now I see that M&I Bank has closed their door as people are lining up to close their accts as M&I give big to the Republicans. How about that? Kids are taking off school, strikes are being talked about and from what I hear, IT IS NOT OVER YET!!!!!!
Mouthing off
Well, things don't look too good right now as I am sure you already heard. Strange tho, as the nite before I had heard that Rep Sensenbrenner (R) & a woman Senator (R) whose name I can't think of and who cares, held a Town Hall meeting and had to stop it after 30 min. as the people were really upset and they couldn't handle that. Now, Sensenbrenner didn't think it was bad when they were doing the Town Hall meetings during the time when Pres. Obama was trying to get the Health Plan gooing and the meetings were really bad. In fact, quite a few of those meetings had rabble-rousers who were bussed in by our old friends - the Koch Brothers! That was ok, then. Anyhow, some of the Republicans were starting to get a little nervous because 8 of them have petitions going to get them recalled and also because some of them are in big union areas and their constituents are very upset. No kidding! Just because they are going to lose their collective bargaining, lose money, etc. etc. why should they be upset. Anyhow, about 3 or 4 were waivering and the Dems thought maybe, just maybe, they could get a couple on their side. They already had Dale Schultz (he was the 1 vote against yesterday when they took their sneaky vote). And it really was looking good as Walker (the rat!) had announced that he was willing to negotiate! Well, he lied! Dem. Sen. Larson heard about this and started driving back to WI at 80 mph and he was too late.So , he turned around and went back to Illinois and they are not coming back as of now. They do not trust Walker - surprise! surprise! Now, I didn't know what happened and I went on Twitter (I love Twitter, it is just great!) and they were all "tweeting" about this and I turned on the tv and sure enough, breaking news on the regular MSNBC programs I watch. It was sickening.
BUT it may not be over. It could have been illegal, they say it was legal, they split the bill and put the collecting bargaining separate and who knows, it is all confusing to me. The Dems are meeting w/lawyers this a.m. and I don't know what is happening now. Now Sen. Mike Ellis (R) is in a big union district and they were sure he would change his mind but who knows what pressure was put on him and the others by Walker. Couple of minutes ago I saw on Twitter that the Reps were entering the state house thru a utility tunnel as the crowds are tremendous. However, there aren't enuf GOPs there to begin a session. I hope and pray that these recalls will go thru. They have the signatures they need for some of them and I heard yesterdaya that hundreds of people were out getting signatures. These people are not going to just sit down and take it. Last nite I heard a man who is head of the Teachers Association in Milw. He has been a teacher for 34 yrs and he said that cutting $$$ from education will be the worst thing they can do to these kids. And I can believe that. There is so much buyer's remorse in WI right now. And if I didn't care so much, I could say - good for you! That will teach you to vote Republican! I had a friend out here, someone I worked with, she made an average salary, no big deal salary, and she was self supporting, had 5 cats and 2 dogs that were always needing medical help which is very expensive and she was always broke. She was an avid Republican. I could never understand why. We NEVER argued politics - ever - she knew I was a Democrat and I knew she was a Republican and we did talk politics but never argued. But I couldn't understand why she was a Republican and I am sure she couldn't understand why I was a Democrat. Well, these people in WI, there had to be some reason Walker got elected. He had a bad track record in Milwaukee but maybe that never got out until now. Maybe the former Governor was not good, or MAYBE Walker got SO MUCH MONEY FROM KOCH! I do know that the Koch Bros. gave over 3 mil. for ads against Walker's opponent and that does work, I guess.
But, as I said, maybe it is not all over. Now they are still talking about Walker going to run for Prez either in 2012 or 2016. WHAT????? That is his goal. This is just a stepping stone for him and evidently he can't care that much for Wisconsin! I just think this would hurt him but evidently the Republicans think it is great, he is a hero, he is a winner, he has been getting congratulations from all over. They went to the Inn on the Park for celebrating last nite. Some protesters were going to go there but I don't know what happened. Michael Moore was on Rachel Maddow's last nite and boy, was he ever upset. He feels the kids should have a walk-out from school but I don't know what is happening w/that. As I said earlier, the Wisconsin l4 are not coming back yet as they do not trust Walker. He could pull a fast one on them and re-take the vote or whatever, when they come back. I will have to pay attention today to whatever has happened.
I am reading a book, fiction, called Streets of Warsaw. Takes place, of course, in Warsaw, around 1942-43 when the Germans occupied Poland. All kinds of things are happening - it was very bad. I'm telling you this for a reason, of course.
The other nite I heard about Gov. Snyder (MI-R) OMG!!!! What he is planning sounded just like something I had just read in my book that the Nazi's were planning in Warsaw!!!!
I kid you not! I cannot believe this is happening in the USA!!!
As I said, I care about Wisconsin. But part of this is also caring what is happening in the other states, I believe total of 16! And, this all ties in to what is going to happen in 2012. If the union goes, it is bye-bye to the Democratic Party! That's what they say. Seems extreme, doesn't it? But that's where the $$$ comes from. I worry about social security and medicare. I have written e-mails to Obama, Boxer & Feinstein, but probably to no avail. However, if enuf people write maybe something can happen. Why Obama put Alan Simpson, retired Sen or Cong. Republican from Wyoming, no less, on this budget committee, I'll never know. He is an old man and evidently hates old people. Wants to get rid of Social Security and Medicare and that's all he knows. I am really upset w/Obama now. That's rare for me. Now, we see the gas prices going up, up, up and soon food is going to go up also. I know it is going up but further up! Wheat prices will soar! This, believe it or not, is coming from Wall St. How about that? It is something to do w/speculation and don't ask me to explain it - it is very confusing to me but it is the truth!!!! Now, Obama has not mentioned the gas prices at all. Oil is over $100 a barrel which is setting this off. He has not mentioned it for a reason. I heard that he is afraid to mention it because there are big Dem donors on Wall St. It all goes back to the $$$$$!
Well, I am getting tired - it is ll a.m. and I haven't had breakfast yet and I am starving!
BUT it may not be over. It could have been illegal, they say it was legal, they split the bill and put the collecting bargaining separate and who knows, it is all confusing to me. The Dems are meeting w/lawyers this a.m. and I don't know what is happening now. Now Sen. Mike Ellis (R) is in a big union district and they were sure he would change his mind but who knows what pressure was put on him and the others by Walker. Couple of minutes ago I saw on Twitter that the Reps were entering the state house thru a utility tunnel as the crowds are tremendous. However, there aren't enuf GOPs there to begin a session. I hope and pray that these recalls will go thru. They have the signatures they need for some of them and I heard yesterdaya that hundreds of people were out getting signatures. These people are not going to just sit down and take it. Last nite I heard a man who is head of the Teachers Association in Milw. He has been a teacher for 34 yrs and he said that cutting $$$ from education will be the worst thing they can do to these kids. And I can believe that. There is so much buyer's remorse in WI right now. And if I didn't care so much, I could say - good for you! That will teach you to vote Republican! I had a friend out here, someone I worked with, she made an average salary, no big deal salary, and she was self supporting, had 5 cats and 2 dogs that were always needing medical help which is very expensive and she was always broke. She was an avid Republican. I could never understand why. We NEVER argued politics - ever - she knew I was a Democrat and I knew she was a Republican and we did talk politics but never argued. But I couldn't understand why she was a Republican and I am sure she couldn't understand why I was a Democrat. Well, these people in WI, there had to be some reason Walker got elected. He had a bad track record in Milwaukee but maybe that never got out until now. Maybe the former Governor was not good, or MAYBE Walker got SO MUCH MONEY FROM KOCH! I do know that the Koch Bros. gave over 3 mil. for ads against Walker's opponent and that does work, I guess.
But, as I said, maybe it is not all over. Now they are still talking about Walker going to run for Prez either in 2012 or 2016. WHAT????? That is his goal. This is just a stepping stone for him and evidently he can't care that much for Wisconsin! I just think this would hurt him but evidently the Republicans think it is great, he is a hero, he is a winner, he has been getting congratulations from all over. They went to the Inn on the Park for celebrating last nite. Some protesters were going to go there but I don't know what happened. Michael Moore was on Rachel Maddow's last nite and boy, was he ever upset. He feels the kids should have a walk-out from school but I don't know what is happening w/that. As I said earlier, the Wisconsin l4 are not coming back yet as they do not trust Walker. He could pull a fast one on them and re-take the vote or whatever, when they come back. I will have to pay attention today to whatever has happened.
I am reading a book, fiction, called Streets of Warsaw. Takes place, of course, in Warsaw, around 1942-43 when the Germans occupied Poland. All kinds of things are happening - it was very bad. I'm telling you this for a reason, of course.
The other nite I heard about Gov. Snyder (MI-R) OMG!!!! What he is planning sounded just like something I had just read in my book that the Nazi's were planning in Warsaw!!!!
I kid you not! I cannot believe this is happening in the USA!!!
As I said, I care about Wisconsin. But part of this is also caring what is happening in the other states, I believe total of 16! And, this all ties in to what is going to happen in 2012. If the union goes, it is bye-bye to the Democratic Party! That's what they say. Seems extreme, doesn't it? But that's where the $$$ comes from. I worry about social security and medicare. I have written e-mails to Obama, Boxer & Feinstein, but probably to no avail. However, if enuf people write maybe something can happen. Why Obama put Alan Simpson, retired Sen or Cong. Republican from Wyoming, no less, on this budget committee, I'll never know. He is an old man and evidently hates old people. Wants to get rid of Social Security and Medicare and that's all he knows. I am really upset w/Obama now. That's rare for me. Now, we see the gas prices going up, up, up and soon food is going to go up also. I know it is going up but further up! Wheat prices will soar! This, believe it or not, is coming from Wall St. How about that? It is something to do w/speculation and don't ask me to explain it - it is very confusing to me but it is the truth!!!! Now, Obama has not mentioned the gas prices at all. Oil is over $100 a barrel which is setting this off. He has not mentioned it for a reason. I heard that he is afraid to mention it because there are big Dem donors on Wall St. It all goes back to the $$$$$!
Well, I am getting tired - it is ll a.m. and I haven't had breakfast yet and I am starving!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Mouthing off:
Well, as of last night the Wisconsin 14 were still "at large". I would imagine the only thing that can save this whole situation is if 3 Republican Senators "defected". Now, they know for sure that Sen. Dale Schultz will come to their side. Now, Sen. Michael Ellis, who constituency is in a big Steel Union district, he may also come over to their side. Then, they need 1 more. But they feel if the other see that 2 are voting against Walker, then others will follow. Wisconsin is a big union state and I would imagine these Republican Senators are in sympathy w/the union. Now, there is one that will not come over - Sen. Alberta Darling. 25% of her constituents have already signed to recall her. There are about 7 or 8 more that the people are trying to recall and that may make them think differently. I saw some of the WI 14 on TV yesterday again, and they are really something. This is history being made, no doubt about it.
Now here is something new. It was news to me! There is a new group - The Indiana 37! Who, at this time, (at least last nite) were at an "unknown location somewhere in Illinois". Sounds familiar??? Illinois is surrounded by these Republican Governors! Fortunately, Illinois has Gov. Quinn - a Democrat, who - it was such a close vote they didn't know for a while after Election Day who won, but he did! These 37 are House Representatives and if 6 "defect" it will all be over but they say they are a very tight group. In WI, it will take only 1 but hopefully no one will defect.
Well, I wanted to get this in - it is early in the a.m. here and I have a busy day. We will see what transpires in the political world later today.
Now here is something new. It was news to me! There is a new group - The Indiana 37! Who, at this time, (at least last nite) were at an "unknown location somewhere in Illinois". Sounds familiar??? Illinois is surrounded by these Republican Governors! Fortunately, Illinois has Gov. Quinn - a Democrat, who - it was such a close vote they didn't know for a while after Election Day who won, but he did! These 37 are House Representatives and if 6 "defect" it will all be over but they say they are a very tight group. In WI, it will take only 1 but hopefully no one will defect.
Well, I wanted to get this in - it is early in the a.m. here and I have a busy day. We will see what transpires in the political world later today.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Mouthing off
Well, things are status quo. Re Wisconsin, that is. The Wisconsin 14 are still in Chicago. Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller asked Walker to meet them at the border (sounds funny, doesn't it?) but he refused. On Saturday bus loads of - tea partiers, I guess - travelled thru Wisconsin and stopped in Madison, supplied by the Koch brothers. They had big buses w/SUPPORT SCOTT WALKER.COM on the side and all kinds of things. Michael Moore was there for the protesters and he said (and I believe him!) that Wisconsin is not broke and the U.S.A. is not broke. Now, it's not just Moore saying it - Bloomberg news said it, also. (I'll go back to WI in a minute) If
the House & the Senate didn't take their "cost of living" increases that would certainly help a lot. If they get rid of the loop holes that work for the big oil companies and Big Pharma, then we would have no problem, either. Now, remember Sen. Ensign from Nevada? The one that had the affair w/a staff worker and then his parents paid her family 96 million (to keep them quiet? Kind of late for that!) Well, he announced he was retiring and he retires w/ $150,000 per year that we pay for! Their retirement $$$ should be cut, also. There are so many things to do that would not affect the middle class, the seniors, the poor, etc. But, unfortunately, some Democrats feel the same way the Republicans do about the top 2% as they are the ones that get them elected. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
Back to Wisconsin. Sen. Fitzgerald - Senate Majority Leader
(what a jerk!) was interviewed on Lawrence O'Donnell this evening and he blatantly lied! Lawrence asked him about the tax cuts given to the corps (actually it was Wal-Mart & McDonalds) which made WI have a deficit and Fitzgerald said "What? Where did you hear that? That isn't true. We have a 3+ billion deficity. Those weren't his exact words but some where along that line) Now, Lawrence didn't call him on that which really surprised me. I will send him an e-mail on that one. He usually does and he didn't tonite. He actually sat there and lied! Why am I surprised!
Now, there is a suit - I don't know if it is pending or if they are trying to get it going - against Walker re ethics per that fake phone call from the fake Koch brother. Things that he said that are incriminating. As far as a recall, they have to wait until next January. Speaking about recall, there is a group in AZ trying to get Gov. Jan Brewer recalled. Gee, do you have to be an Arizonan to sign? I would sign in a N.Y. minute! (never really knew what that meant!) She is the worst! She makes Walker seem like I don't know what!!!! For a little over $1,000,000 96 peoples lives could be saved but she says the state is broke! Baloney! These are people that need transplants but she cut a a ton of money from Medicaid. Now, there were 98 people but 2 have already died. One of them may have died anyway even w/the transplant but the other could possibly have been saved. She also signed several gun laws like the one that says if you are over 22 you don't need a background check! What?????????????? That one was signed shortly before that guy killed the people in Tucson and shot Rep. Gabby Giffords. She signs a lot of gun laws. Not good ones, I'm afraid.
Back to WI for a minute - there is 1 Rep. Senator that will go along w/ the Democrats and if they can get 2 more then the bill will not be passed! Here's hoping!!!!!
the House & the Senate didn't take their "cost of living" increases that would certainly help a lot. If they get rid of the loop holes that work for the big oil companies and Big Pharma, then we would have no problem, either. Now, remember Sen. Ensign from Nevada? The one that had the affair w/a staff worker and then his parents paid her family 96 million (to keep them quiet? Kind of late for that!) Well, he announced he was retiring and he retires w/ $150,000 per year that we pay for! Their retirement $$$ should be cut, also. There are so many things to do that would not affect the middle class, the seniors, the poor, etc. But, unfortunately, some Democrats feel the same way the Republicans do about the top 2% as they are the ones that get them elected. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
Back to Wisconsin. Sen. Fitzgerald - Senate Majority Leader
(what a jerk!) was interviewed on Lawrence O'Donnell this evening and he blatantly lied! Lawrence asked him about the tax cuts given to the corps (actually it was Wal-Mart & McDonalds) which made WI have a deficit and Fitzgerald said "What? Where did you hear that? That isn't true. We have a 3+ billion deficity. Those weren't his exact words but some where along that line) Now, Lawrence didn't call him on that which really surprised me. I will send him an e-mail on that one. He usually does and he didn't tonite. He actually sat there and lied! Why am I surprised!
Now, there is a suit - I don't know if it is pending or if they are trying to get it going - against Walker re ethics per that fake phone call from the fake Koch brother. Things that he said that are incriminating. As far as a recall, they have to wait until next January. Speaking about recall, there is a group in AZ trying to get Gov. Jan Brewer recalled. Gee, do you have to be an Arizonan to sign? I would sign in a N.Y. minute! (never really knew what that meant!) She is the worst! She makes Walker seem like I don't know what!!!! For a little over $1,000,000 96 peoples lives could be saved but she says the state is broke! Baloney! These are people that need transplants but she cut a a ton of money from Medicaid. Now, there were 98 people but 2 have already died. One of them may have died anyway even w/the transplant but the other could possibly have been saved. She also signed several gun laws like the one that says if you are over 22 you don't need a background check! What?????????????? That one was signed shortly before that guy killed the people in Tucson and shot Rep. Gabby Giffords. She signs a lot of gun laws. Not good ones, I'm afraid.
Back to WI for a minute - there is 1 Rep. Senator that will go along w/ the Democrats and if they can get 2 more then the bill will not be passed! Here's hoping!!!!!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Mouthing off:
Well, I don't know where I am . I typed a message yesterday on my own computer (I usually use my husband's) and it didn't print. So, here goes! Things are really bad in Wisconsin . I read things that say that Walker has lost but I am not so sure. Meanwhile, there are suits pending against I believe 8 Rep senators and also 4 or 5 Dem senators (of the WI l4) They are still out. There are all kinds of things in this new budget that are really not so good. Something I found out yesterday - when Walker was in Milwaukee he had fired all the security guards, which I knew and I am sure I had written about it. However, what I just found out was - he claimed it was due to budget problems - but he lied! Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
That's when he hired the sec. guards from the co. in England, and the head of the group was an ex-con! Now, since they found out that he lied, all the fired sec. guards have been re-hired. However, the new ones he hired from the London co. are still there (I would imagine they had a long contract!) so the state of Wisconsin is now paying double for sec. guards! OMG!!! Now, this could not have just come to light and as I said before, how the hell could this guy get elected! Oh yes, he had the $$$ from the Koch bros. who, by the way, have hired a bus loaded w/people that is coming into WI, who they are I do not know and what they are going to do, I do not know. Meanwhile, the state house is closed until Monday, for cleaning. Rachel Maddow had a Dem. State Rep on last nite. He tried to get into the state house to go to his desk for something and the sec. guards actually tackled him! They held him down and wouldn't let him in. They were very rouch w/him. I don't know who filmed it but it was really something. This is what is happening in Wisconsin. The beautiful state of Wisconsin, I must add!
BTW, a correction. When I had mentioned the Ohio US Senator, Sherrod - his name is Sherrod Brown, I forget to put his last name in.
Did I mention Huckleberry? I am sure I did about his rant about Obama growing up in Africa? Well, he talked about Mau Mau's etc. Then he said he actually meant Indonesia. Well, someone please refresh my memory - I cann0t remember the Mau Mau's in Indonesia!!!!! BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANY!!!!
Now, Huckleberry, continued his rant saying that Obama grew up different - he never was a boy scout (they proved that the majority of men in this country WERE NOT BOY SCOUTS!) In fact, he spoke of this on the Bill O'Reilly's show and Bill (the idiot) was nodding his head agreeing w/Huckleberry and Bill WAS NEVER A BOY SCOUT!!!! Then - on another show - Huckleberry laid into Natalie Portman for being pregnant and not married! He said most unwed mothers are poor and not glamorous like Natalie Portman and how disgraceful it was, blah, blah, blah! Wait, I seem to remember an unwed mother to be on the stage w/her mother who, wait, it's coming back to me, oh yes, I believe her mother - if my memory is correct - her mother was running for Vice-President of this country!!!!!
In fact, her mother is a co-worker of Huckleberry! I will bet that Ms. Palin is seething about this!! I certainly hope so. And if she isn't, she should be.
New law the Reps are putting in: Now, let me go back a while and tell you that a Representative in Texas - her name slips my mind and who cares - was screaming a while back that anyone that hires an illegal, who actually, knowingly hires an illegal, should be arrested and serve at least 2 yrs. Now, they want to put in a law that if you hire an illegal, knowingly of course, and that illegal or those illegals, work in your home, say as your butler or maid, or gardener, that's ok. You can do that!!!!!!! OMG!!!!! But don't worry - it most likely won't pass!
Now, the jobless rate went down under 9%. Obama made a speech yesterday when he was in FL w/Jeb Bush. By the way, the kids in FL average out on the list, under Latvia at 3%! UNDER LATVIA!!!!! And they all want to cut education $$$$. In fact, I really can't remember if it is in NJ or WI, but one of them is proposing to cut $900,000 from Education. Oh, God!
Anyhow, back to the jobless. There were 222,000 new jobs in Feb. I believe. Of course, the Reps are claiming it is due to them. Now when the hell did they do this? Was it before abortions? Was it after same-sex marriage? Was it inbetween the miscarriage and charged w/murder law and the illegals who can work in your home and it's ok law? When did they do this? Also, BTW, the Tea baggers are unhappy w/Boehner. They want to get rid of him! Really????
I'm getting tired! Actually, I am getting tired but I am also getting tired of the Republicans! Everytime I hear something new my jaw drops!!!!
Bill Maher had a great show last nite. All Democrats and that was refreshing . He had Gloria Steinen (she was married to the late David Bale - Englishman, who was the father of the actor Christian Bale that won supporting actor award for The Fighter. Just a little bit of trivia!) Gavin Newsome - former mayor S.F. now California Attorney General! Gorgeous guy!
And, one of my favorites - usually a guest on Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell, Ezra Klein of the Washing Post. Nice guy. He also had Liv Ullman - don't know what her politics are as she is English, but it was a very good show.
Well, as I said, I am tired!!!! Must go back to tweeting! I really love that!
That's when he hired the sec. guards from the co. in England, and the head of the group was an ex-con! Now, since they found out that he lied, all the fired sec. guards have been re-hired. However, the new ones he hired from the London co. are still there (I would imagine they had a long contract!) so the state of Wisconsin is now paying double for sec. guards! OMG!!! Now, this could not have just come to light and as I said before, how the hell could this guy get elected! Oh yes, he had the $$$ from the Koch bros. who, by the way, have hired a bus loaded w/people that is coming into WI, who they are I do not know and what they are going to do, I do not know. Meanwhile, the state house is closed until Monday, for cleaning. Rachel Maddow had a Dem. State Rep on last nite. He tried to get into the state house to go to his desk for something and the sec. guards actually tackled him! They held him down and wouldn't let him in. They were very rouch w/him. I don't know who filmed it but it was really something. This is what is happening in Wisconsin. The beautiful state of Wisconsin, I must add!
BTW, a correction. When I had mentioned the Ohio US Senator, Sherrod - his name is Sherrod Brown, I forget to put his last name in.
Did I mention Huckleberry? I am sure I did about his rant about Obama growing up in Africa? Well, he talked about Mau Mau's etc. Then he said he actually meant Indonesia. Well, someone please refresh my memory - I cann0t remember the Mau Mau's in Indonesia!!!!! BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANY!!!!
Now, Huckleberry, continued his rant saying that Obama grew up different - he never was a boy scout (they proved that the majority of men in this country WERE NOT BOY SCOUTS!) In fact, he spoke of this on the Bill O'Reilly's show and Bill (the idiot) was nodding his head agreeing w/Huckleberry and Bill WAS NEVER A BOY SCOUT!!!! Then - on another show - Huckleberry laid into Natalie Portman for being pregnant and not married! He said most unwed mothers are poor and not glamorous like Natalie Portman and how disgraceful it was, blah, blah, blah! Wait, I seem to remember an unwed mother to be on the stage w/her mother who, wait, it's coming back to me, oh yes, I believe her mother - if my memory is correct - her mother was running for Vice-President of this country!!!!!
In fact, her mother is a co-worker of Huckleberry! I will bet that Ms. Palin is seething about this!! I certainly hope so. And if she isn't, she should be.
New law the Reps are putting in: Now, let me go back a while and tell you that a Representative in Texas - her name slips my mind and who cares - was screaming a while back that anyone that hires an illegal, who actually, knowingly hires an illegal, should be arrested and serve at least 2 yrs. Now, they want to put in a law that if you hire an illegal, knowingly of course, and that illegal or those illegals, work in your home, say as your butler or maid, or gardener, that's ok. You can do that!!!!!!! OMG!!!!! But don't worry - it most likely won't pass!
Now, the jobless rate went down under 9%. Obama made a speech yesterday when he was in FL w/Jeb Bush. By the way, the kids in FL average out on the list, under Latvia at 3%! UNDER LATVIA!!!!! And they all want to cut education $$$$. In fact, I really can't remember if it is in NJ or WI, but one of them is proposing to cut $900,000 from Education. Oh, God!
Anyhow, back to the jobless. There were 222,000 new jobs in Feb. I believe. Of course, the Reps are claiming it is due to them. Now when the hell did they do this? Was it before abortions? Was it after same-sex marriage? Was it inbetween the miscarriage and charged w/murder law and the illegals who can work in your home and it's ok law? When did they do this? Also, BTW, the Tea baggers are unhappy w/Boehner. They want to get rid of him! Really????
I'm getting tired! Actually, I am getting tired but I am also getting tired of the Republicans! Everytime I hear something new my jaw drops!!!!
Bill Maher had a great show last nite. All Democrats and that was refreshing . He had Gloria Steinen (she was married to the late David Bale - Englishman, who was the father of the actor Christian Bale that won supporting actor award for The Fighter. Just a little bit of trivia!) Gavin Newsome - former mayor S.F. now California Attorney General! Gorgeous guy!
And, one of my favorites - usually a guest on Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell, Ezra Klein of the Washing Post. Nice guy. He also had Liv Ullman - don't know what her politics are as she is English, but it was a very good show.
Well, as I said, I am tired!!!! Must go back to tweeting! I really love that!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mouthing off:
Well, blog #2 for the day: Although they did say earlier that the Wisconsin 14 will have to come back, as of this moment they are not coming back. The police have been instructed that if any of them are caught in WI, they have the right to hand-cuff them and bring them in. Hand-cuff them? They are really frantic in that Guv's office! This Glenn Grothman spoke again, what a jerk! What someone said was: If they take the collective bargaining off the table, it will seem like it had nothing to do w/the budget at all. Well, actually, it HAS NOTHING TO DO W/THE BUDGET AT ALL!!!!! The 14 Democrat Senators say they will come back if the collective bargaining is taken off and the guv can't seem like a fool (which is what he is!). Anyhow, so far, they are not back!
Also, what I forgot to mention before and it was really funny - if any of this can be funny. They showed pics on the news the other day of rabble rousers in WI among the demonstrators - and there were palm trees in the background! When is the last time you saw a palm tree in Wisconsin? Oh, right! NEVER!
These were pictures of a demonstration somewhere in CA, and they showed them to be from WI. THEY ARE DESPARATE!
Also, I saw interview w/Sen. Sherrod (D-OH) and he said it wasn't all over, maybe they can salvage something. I certainly hope so.
BTW, when the Dem. Senator was having a discussion w/this Grothman, he said that a friend of his who is a WI police officer, called him and said if he needed any help he will be there for him. So, you see, the police are w/them!
And also, in Ohio, it is all public employees, police, firefighters, teachers, anyone in public service that are being affected by this.
Also, what I forgot to mention before and it was really funny - if any of this can be funny. They showed pics on the news the other day of rabble rousers in WI among the demonstrators - and there were palm trees in the background! When is the last time you saw a palm tree in Wisconsin? Oh, right! NEVER!
These were pictures of a demonstration somewhere in CA, and they showed them to be from WI. THEY ARE DESPARATE!
Also, I saw interview w/Sen. Sherrod (D-OH) and he said it wasn't all over, maybe they can salvage something. I certainly hope so.
BTW, when the Dem. Senator was having a discussion w/this Grothman, he said that a friend of his who is a WI police officer, called him and said if he needed any help he will be there for him. So, you see, the police are w/them!
And also, in Ohio, it is all public employees, police, firefighters, teachers, anyone in public service that are being affected by this.
Mouthing off:
I had trouble getting in here this a.m. and thought it was all over! I'm finished! Well, I worked and worked on it and now, all is well!
Well, all is not well! It seems that the Wisconsin 14 are going to have to go back and it may all be over and Walker will win. The only thing that can possibly happen will be if 3 Rep Senators go along w/the Democrats. One will, I am almost sure of. His name is Dale something or other and his district is all Democratic. They are being fined and now are going to be held in contempt. It is very bad. If Walker wins it will all be for naught!!!! One of the Rep Senators, Glen Grothman (a real jerk- actually I have better names to call him but I don't want to embarrass anyone w/my language) He called the people that are sleeping in the State House "Slobs". Now, that is disgusting! There were 4 of them on TV last nite, 1 nurse, 1 teacher and 2 others - very nice people and one of them explained that they would love to go home and shower and sleep in their own bed but they have to do this and Ed Schultz (Ed show) asked the Sen. to apologize to these people and of course, he wouldn't. It was very sad. These people are hurting and they are going to lose. Let's hope something happens w/this lawsuit they are trying against Walker. When he gave his speech he lied (surprise! surprise!) He never mentioned the collective bargaining. He never mentioned it when he campaigned, either. We'll see what happens today.Meanwhile, in Ohio things are very,very bad! They will most likely lose their collective bargaining, the police, teachers, etc. This is what happened. There were several committees and one committee was voting on collective bargaining and there aren't enuf Democrats to change anything. However, one of the Republicans voted against it which made the bill not pass. You think? Not so! He was pulled off of the committee and replaced w/another Rep from another committee and lo and behold, he also voted against it. You think it didn't pass? Again, not so! HE was pulled off of the committee and replaced with yet another Republican who finally (whew!!!) voted w/his buddies and not in Ohio they lost their collective bargaining. Now, the head of the Police Assn. in Ohio spoke last nite and said what this means is - if they need better equipment to make them safer, if they need cars that don't burst into flame when hit, if they need better bullet-proof vests, etc. etc. they most likely won't be able to get them. As the Republicans have been saying lately and rightly so - if the unions go, there goes the Democratic Party. What is happening in this country? I would imagine a lot of Ohioans & Wisconsites are having "buyer's remorse". I would normally say "good for them" but these aren't normal times. These are bad times. Example - I heard today that they (Republicans) want to put a bill thru that your maid and/or butler can be illegal - it's ok! OMG!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! It's as ridiculous as the miscarriage/murder bill! It's like they have nothing to do but sit around and dream up these crazy things. MR. BOEHMER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS?????????????
Meanwhile, back at the ranch - oh wait, that was during the Bush years! Back in D.C. Huckleberry (I know what his name is, that is what I call him) is showing his true colors now. I don't remember if I spoke about this before - if I repeat myself please forgive me as I am an old lady! Huckleberry spoke to someone re Obama growing up in Africa (wrong!) and that is why his feeling towards the Brits are different (than what?) and spoke about the Mau Mau during Obama's grandfather's time. Then, the next day, he retracted that and said that he meant Indonesia! You can count the Mau Mau that were in Indonesia! NONE!!!! He also said that Obama's life was different - he didn't grow up as we did , he wasn't in the Boy Scouts, they didn't have a Rotary Club. Well, actually they did in Africa BUT HE DIDN'T GROW UP THERE! And, by the way, he was a champion basketball player in Hawaii. And, by the way, he spent 2 yrs w/his father and I believe that was in Hawaii. Of course, Huckleberry, being a southerner, is most like a racist, minister or no minister! Now, Fox News fired Gingrich and Santorum as they are most likely running for president. I think they sould start right now and keep running! If they don't declare they are in I guess about 8 wks. they will be hired back. Palin & Huckleberry still have their jobs. Now Palin, they say, will most likely not be running as she really doesn't want to give up her $1,000,000 yr salary.
One Million? OMG, again! By the way, in case I didn't mention it, her daughter, Bristol (or Brisket as I usually refer to her) is writing a book, I guess her autobiography. She's 20 - book is about 5 pages! Can't wait! Add that to the list of her mother's books and that is 3 that I will never read! Reminds me of how Lawrence O'Donnell refers to Palin, she is on the list of the most recent vice presidential losers who will never be president. Something like that! Well, I am sure there is much more that I forgot but it will have to wait. Have to go and watch the news and get more and more aggravated!!!!!
Well, all is not well! It seems that the Wisconsin 14 are going to have to go back and it may all be over and Walker will win. The only thing that can possibly happen will be if 3 Rep Senators go along w/the Democrats. One will, I am almost sure of. His name is Dale something or other and his district is all Democratic. They are being fined and now are going to be held in contempt. It is very bad. If Walker wins it will all be for naught!!!! One of the Rep Senators, Glen Grothman (a real jerk- actually I have better names to call him but I don't want to embarrass anyone w/my language) He called the people that are sleeping in the State House "Slobs". Now, that is disgusting! There were 4 of them on TV last nite, 1 nurse, 1 teacher and 2 others - very nice people and one of them explained that they would love to go home and shower and sleep in their own bed but they have to do this and Ed Schultz (Ed show) asked the Sen. to apologize to these people and of course, he wouldn't. It was very sad. These people are hurting and they are going to lose. Let's hope something happens w/this lawsuit they are trying against Walker. When he gave his speech he lied (surprise! surprise!) He never mentioned the collective bargaining. He never mentioned it when he campaigned, either. We'll see what happens today.Meanwhile, in Ohio things are very,very bad! They will most likely lose their collective bargaining, the police, teachers, etc. This is what happened. There were several committees and one committee was voting on collective bargaining and there aren't enuf Democrats to change anything. However, one of the Republicans voted against it which made the bill not pass. You think? Not so! He was pulled off of the committee and replaced w/another Rep from another committee and lo and behold, he also voted against it. You think it didn't pass? Again, not so! HE was pulled off of the committee and replaced with yet another Republican who finally (whew!!!) voted w/his buddies and not in Ohio they lost their collective bargaining. Now, the head of the Police Assn. in Ohio spoke last nite and said what this means is - if they need better equipment to make them safer, if they need cars that don't burst into flame when hit, if they need better bullet-proof vests, etc. etc. they most likely won't be able to get them. As the Republicans have been saying lately and rightly so - if the unions go, there goes the Democratic Party. What is happening in this country? I would imagine a lot of Ohioans & Wisconsites are having "buyer's remorse". I would normally say "good for them" but these aren't normal times. These are bad times. Example - I heard today that they (Republicans) want to put a bill thru that your maid and/or butler can be illegal - it's ok! OMG!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! It's as ridiculous as the miscarriage/murder bill! It's like they have nothing to do but sit around and dream up these crazy things. MR. BOEHMER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS?????????????
Meanwhile, back at the ranch - oh wait, that was during the Bush years! Back in D.C. Huckleberry (I know what his name is, that is what I call him) is showing his true colors now. I don't remember if I spoke about this before - if I repeat myself please forgive me as I am an old lady! Huckleberry spoke to someone re Obama growing up in Africa (wrong!) and that is why his feeling towards the Brits are different (than what?) and spoke about the Mau Mau during Obama's grandfather's time. Then, the next day, he retracted that and said that he meant Indonesia! You can count the Mau Mau that were in Indonesia! NONE!!!! He also said that Obama's life was different - he didn't grow up as we did , he wasn't in the Boy Scouts, they didn't have a Rotary Club. Well, actually they did in Africa BUT HE DIDN'T GROW UP THERE! And, by the way, he was a champion basketball player in Hawaii. And, by the way, he spent 2 yrs w/his father and I believe that was in Hawaii. Of course, Huckleberry, being a southerner, is most like a racist, minister or no minister! Now, Fox News fired Gingrich and Santorum as they are most likely running for president. I think they sould start right now and keep running! If they don't declare they are in I guess about 8 wks. they will be hired back. Palin & Huckleberry still have their jobs. Now Palin, they say, will most likely not be running as she really doesn't want to give up her $1,000,000 yr salary.
One Million? OMG, again! By the way, in case I didn't mention it, her daughter, Bristol (or Brisket as I usually refer to her) is writing a book, I guess her autobiography. She's 20 - book is about 5 pages! Can't wait! Add that to the list of her mother's books and that is 3 that I will never read! Reminds me of how Lawrence O'Donnell refers to Palin, she is on the list of the most recent vice presidential losers who will never be president. Something like that! Well, I am sure there is much more that I forgot but it will have to wait. Have to go and watch the news and get more and more aggravated!!!!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Mouthing off:
Well, before I get to Wisconsin - N.J. Rep. Governor Chris Christie (he is the one that Ann Coulter luuuuuuuvs! She really luuuuuuvs him and thinks that he should run for president) He is something else! He cracks jokes a lot and thinks he's funny! Not to me! He was going to go after the collective bargaining in the unions but decided against it after what is happening in WI, as did Kasich in Ohio and Daniels in Ind. BUT, Mr. Christie cut the police force in Camden, N.J. by 46%! Now, Camden is a high-crime area and now, that they are short almost 200 police officers, crime is running rampant! He also cut the fire department - I don't know how much but enuf! Now, Philadelphia has cut down on the fire department, also. What the stations are doing is what they call a "brown out" - one station will close for I don't know how long, in days or a week, or whatever. Well, they had a fire in an apt bldg and the closest station was on their "brown out" and they had to get the next closet station which, of course, was further away, and two children died. Now, nobody can prove that the children would have lived if the closest station was open but.......... Now, Mr. Christie could have given tax cuts to the top 1 or 2% in his state, but "they provide jobs!" (not even one, yet!) Actually, what they provide is $$$$$$ to the Republicans!
Now, back to Wisconsin! Wallker had the state house locked up which is really against the law as the state house belongs to the people, not him! But I believe it is now open. It was freezing there and snowing and the people had to stay outside. They are inside the rotunda now and fortunately there are bathroom facilities there but they - as of yesterday - are running out of food. This governor is something else! If the election were held today he would not win! There are a lot of Republicans that are union members and they are thinking differently now! He is unveiling his budget today and I don't know yet what it says or if anything happened. He has been saying that most of the people protesting are out of towners! He lies! Yes, I am sure some people are coming especially from Illinois and Minnesota but he forgets that the out of towners that were there before were the "tea baggers" who were all out of state. Now, the Wisconsin l4 (Dem Senators) are still "in an undisclosed location" in Chicago. One of them spoke on Rachel Maddow's show last nite, Jon Erpenbach, and behind him was the NBC sign and Chicago sign - he was in the studio and it was sort of funny as Rachel said he was in an undisclosed location. They are sitting tight and it may turn out that a couple of Republican Senators are going to vote against Walker so that if they came back they would get a higher total to vote down the bill. That would be great and it would be a big blow to Walker. Hopefully this will be the end of his big career plans - like running for President as he wants to! Also, there is some kind of lawsuit that will be pending, I can't explain it, but hopefully they will talk about it again. This was per a former Atty-Gen. of Wisconsin that spoke last nite.
Now, the GOP has a budget I haven't seen but according to an economist this budget will cost 700,000 jobs!!!!!! I do know that it includes cuts to education, health care, pregnant women and possible more tax cuts for the rich! Rand Paul said yesterday that the tax cuts for the rich should be permanent!
Now, Bank of America in 2009 made 4.4 billion AND PAID NO TAXES! And they rec'd 1.9 billion in tax benefits! Now don't ask me to explain this, as I can't. It's what I heard. Now, I saw 2 men on tv yesterday, partners in co. called USUNCUT.COM
who are working on something to try to get these companies pay taxes. Most of them send their $$$ offshore and there are all kinds of loopholes but the average American just keeps paying taxes and taxes! It doesn't seem fair, does it? But it is something that goes on and on and is inevitable like death and taxes, so the saying goes! If all these companies paid taxes and the top 1% didn't get tax cuts, they wouldn't have to cut $$$ from education, health, etc. etc. It all makes me sick! I was happier when I didn't watch news!
Now, back to Wisconsin! Wallker had the state house locked up which is really against the law as the state house belongs to the people, not him! But I believe it is now open. It was freezing there and snowing and the people had to stay outside. They are inside the rotunda now and fortunately there are bathroom facilities there but they - as of yesterday - are running out of food. This governor is something else! If the election were held today he would not win! There are a lot of Republicans that are union members and they are thinking differently now! He is unveiling his budget today and I don't know yet what it says or if anything happened. He has been saying that most of the people protesting are out of towners! He lies! Yes, I am sure some people are coming especially from Illinois and Minnesota but he forgets that the out of towners that were there before were the "tea baggers" who were all out of state. Now, the Wisconsin l4 (Dem Senators) are still "in an undisclosed location" in Chicago. One of them spoke on Rachel Maddow's show last nite, Jon Erpenbach, and behind him was the NBC sign and Chicago sign - he was in the studio and it was sort of funny as Rachel said he was in an undisclosed location. They are sitting tight and it may turn out that a couple of Republican Senators are going to vote against Walker so that if they came back they would get a higher total to vote down the bill. That would be great and it would be a big blow to Walker. Hopefully this will be the end of his big career plans - like running for President as he wants to! Also, there is some kind of lawsuit that will be pending, I can't explain it, but hopefully they will talk about it again. This was per a former Atty-Gen. of Wisconsin that spoke last nite.
Now, the GOP has a budget I haven't seen but according to an economist this budget will cost 700,000 jobs!!!!!! I do know that it includes cuts to education, health care, pregnant women and possible more tax cuts for the rich! Rand Paul said yesterday that the tax cuts for the rich should be permanent!
Now, Bank of America in 2009 made 4.4 billion AND PAID NO TAXES! And they rec'd 1.9 billion in tax benefits! Now don't ask me to explain this, as I can't. It's what I heard. Now, I saw 2 men on tv yesterday, partners in co. called USUNCUT.COM
who are working on something to try to get these companies pay taxes. Most of them send their $$$ offshore and there are all kinds of loopholes but the average American just keeps paying taxes and taxes! It doesn't seem fair, does it? But it is something that goes on and on and is inevitable like death and taxes, so the saying goes! If all these companies paid taxes and the top 1% didn't get tax cuts, they wouldn't have to cut $$$ from education, health, etc. etc. It all makes me sick! I was happier when I didn't watch news!
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